Senator Sanders Supports the First Amendment...Stop the Presses
For those unfamiliar, this is what the First Amendment says:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
I am not one to protest. But I have every intention of protesting Trump the next time he's in town. I feel it is my patriotic duty to do so. To show him and the rest of the world that Trump is not us. I realize that his supporters could be dangerous and could actually hurt me. This is honestly why I feel it is my duty to protest him. We cannot let them bully us into silence.
That is exactly what these accusations against Sanders are intent on doing...bully people into silence.
I have no desire to protest Clinton right at this particular second. But I support the right of others to do so. I also support the right of people to protest Senator Sanders, and I actually spoke out here on behalf of the women who disrupted his event last year.
People with enormous power and influence should be protested. Our leaders are not listening to the people. They need to be confronted in whatever way we can get in front of them.
Do I believe cursing at children is effective protest? Not particularly. Do I understand why it has come to this? Absolutely.
The fundamental issue is that authoritarians do everything they possibly can to make protesters look bad in order to paint a social cost to others interested in joining them. Ridicule is a powerful tool. Showcasing the few who take it a step too far is done to discourage others from joining the hundreds and even thousands of "regular" people participating.
Understand that there is also a long history of agents provocateurs -- people acting as agents of the state sent to infiltrate protestors and ratchet up the tension and actively encourage violence.
Senator Sanders supports protest as a legitimate First Amendment right and is not going to tell people not to assert their rights. Why should he? I would be offended if he did.
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"Do I believe cursing at children is effective protest? Not particularly. Do I understand why it has come to this? Absolutely."
"The fundamental issue is that authoritarians do everything they possibly can to make protesters look bad in order to paint a social cost to others interested in joining them."
No 
The protesters made themselves look bad by acting like loud-mouthed juvenile pea-brains. 
Do continue on
..there are negative consequences for that free speech .
