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TreasonousBastard

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42. Somewhere above I started thinking abut how...

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:14 PM

Jan 2012

a simple action can be expanded to a protest under the right conditions.

More to the point, though, is the hyperbolic reaction to this more or less everyday occurrence. Beatings and pepper spray are not approved of, but they are not evidence of a long slide into tyranny. And this incident even less so. Our system is not perfect by any means, but we'll never see a perfect system and ours is not all that bad.

"Freedom" has never been "license" and its limits will be tested on a regular basis or it means nothing.

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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