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TreasonousBastard

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36. You, too-- tell me how well it went the last time you...

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 09:50 AM

Jan 2012

explained to the cops how to do their jobs?

I don't fantasize about anything, especially about the difference between freedom and just shooting your mouth off.

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Man arrested for wearing Occupy Jacket- free speech doesn't exist anymore [View all] Dragonbreathp9d Jan 2012 OP

Wonderful fucking country we now live in, isn't it? This should be an interesting test teddy51 Jan 2012 #1

Conduct inside the building is within the court's sole jurisdiction to establish rules jberryhill Jan 2012 #6

They could have just as easily chosen to ignor this, but they didn't and that puts our teddy51 Jan 2012 #9

How do you think cases like Cohen v. California get made? jberryhill Jan 2012 #10

And I take it by your reponses that you agree with this as well! n/t teddy51 Jan 2012 #13

Really? jberryhill Jan 2012 #15

Why would I? That wasn't the question in my post. n/t teddy51 Jan 2012 #16

You mean, do I agree with "this"? jberryhill Jan 2012 #18

Your problem is, you think case law rules and is always correct and I disagree. This guy teddy51 Jan 2012 #22

Lol, I think you'd better read the case jberryhill Jan 2012 #23

Whatever! And his jacket said nothing close to that, so should not have been called out. n/t teddy51 Jan 2012 #24

You do realize he is agreeing with you and unapatriciated Jan 2012 #39

LEO's are notoriously conservative. Dawson Leery Jan 2012 #2

pigs thugging for the 1 percent.... mike_c Jan 2012 #3

This is really sad. I am sorry for Americans. Bonobo Jan 2012 #4

Abe saw the whole thing. boston bean Jan 2012 #5

Abe? That's Justice John Marshall jberryhill Jan 2012 #7

thanks! I thought it was Abe Lincoln! boston bean Jan 2012 #12

I shudder to think jberryhill Jan 2012 #19

don't concern yourself too much. boston bean Jan 2012 #21

Police State. sarcasmo Jan 2012 #8

The "outlawed" jacket Scott Fitzgerald was wearing Kaleko Jan 2012 #11

Oh bullshit! You don't protest at courthouses... TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #14

Actually there are people protesting AT the Supreme Court all of the time jberryhill Jan 2012 #17

Yeah, outside. There are protests every day in DC, but... TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #30

Unless it is a shit load of money. unapatriciated Jan 2012 #38

According to the guy who uploaded the video, Kaleko Jan 2012 #20

OK, but stretching the definition of "protest"... TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #31

What? Are you claiming that wearing a political shirt but not protesting becomes protesting simply Hosnon Jan 2012 #43

Sorta. Think about it for a while. TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #47

That's absurd. You do realize that that gives the police the authority to Hosnon Jan 2012 #52

Call me a treasonous bastard today because I say that's BS. Zalatix Jan 2012 #55

The thing of it is, he was not in that half of the world Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #26

So, in our country, can you tell me how far you... TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #34

You are certainly making a case for illustrating the one rather than the other... LanternWaste Jan 2012 #54

But...but...the law says no protesting inside the court house. randome Jan 2012 #35

Nope, not in the least Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #50

Why the fuck not? _ed_ Jan 2012 #28

You, too-- tell me how well it went the last time you... TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #36

Funny. I always thought that "freedom" INCLUDED........ socialist_n_TN Jan 2012 #41

"Shooting your mouth off?" _ed_ Jan 2012 #44

How'd that work for ya at the last traffic stop? TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #46

Can you cite the part of the First Amendment _ed_ Jan 2012 #51

You might enjoy the Fascist boot of ... 99Forever Jan 2012 #32

This is the best one yet! "The Fascist boot.. TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #37

What's "bullshit" is your argument. Demstud Jan 2012 #40

Somewhere above I started thinking abut how... TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #42

fascist fucks marasinghe Jan 2012 #25

Since Obama was elected... butterfly77 Jan 2012 #27

Man arrested for attempting to protest inside courthouse - free speech doing OK. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #29

As soon as I saw the thread title... randome Jan 2012 #33

I don't know how anyone can watch that and not be creeped out. Hosnon Jan 2012 #45

Best not wear Occupy underware when you go through a TSA check point too. L0oniX Jan 2012 #48

Police State USA MinervaX Jan 2012 #49

So if someone wears a displayed religious cross pendant on a necklace, will they be accosted, Zorra Jan 2012 #53

We need to get ready for major non-violent resistance again. Fuzz Jan 2012 #56