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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe lunatics are planning to picket Sage Stallone's funeral
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/sage-stallone-death-westboro-church-picket-_n_1676362.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopularCan somebody please explain to me why these nut cases aren't being herded into "free speech zones" far enough from the funeral so nobody has to deal with their hatred? I mean, back in the dark days of Junior's reign, you could be dispatched to one of those corrals for wearing a T-shirt that said "Peace" so the young prince didn't have to come to grips with people disagreeing with him.
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The lunatics are planning to picket Sage Stallone's funeral (Original Post)
WinstonSmith4740
Jul 2012
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virgogal
(10,178 posts)1. No argument here,but when were people with "Peace" on a tee corralled? I don't recall that.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,088 posts)2. Just using it as an example...
Back in Dubya's time as POTUS, "free speech zones" were the norms. ANYONE with a viewpoint contrary to what the right wing was pushing were herded off so he didn't have to see them, so if you were carrying a sign or wearing something that might upset poor little Georgie, you were hustled out of sight, and arrested if you protested.
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Quarantining-dissent-How-the-Secret-Service-2816927.php#page-3
Always made me wonder why it was OK to carry a gun to the venue where Obama was speaking, but a sign could get you arrested.
KT2000
(20,659 posts)3. I remember that
and that is a good question.