General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: WTF are people protesting outside the DNC??? [View all]Mark.b2
(373 posts)subject to the US Constitution, of course. Damaging property, obstructing Congress, harassing citizens, blocking a road, refusing to obey a law, physical violence, threatening behavior, or any action other than verbal or written expression, strikes, or boycotts organizing should be made illegal. (There maybe something I forgot).
The purpose of protest should be persuasion by holders of a viewpoint or gaining acquiescence of others to their viewpoints by verbal expression and not by any type of physical force.
I should be be allowed to make my case of a certain viewpoint up until the point I resort to some physical action that impacts others who may or may not subscribe to the viewpoint I hold. I should not be allowed to assualt someone, block a sidewalk, spray paint a bridge, throw a brick theough a window, keep a neighborhood awake all night, blockade a roadway, etc. Being upset or passionate about something should not be a license to do anything under the guise of persusion, no matter how just the cause.
We have "free speech", not "free action."