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Wounded Bear

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17. First thing that came to my mind...

Reply to postulater (Reply #9)

Wed Jul 16, 2014, 09:29 AM

Jul 2014

Demostrations openly designed to be in your face and confrontational have no business being defended under the 1st Amendment. This is not "shouting fire in a crowded theater," this is walking into one with incendiaries.

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Open Carry Texas Schedules New Date For Armed March Through Black Neighborhood [View all] doxydad Jul 2014 OP

for some strange reason onethatcares Jul 2014 #1

The idiots are getting bolder and bolder, aren't they? SoCalDem Jul 2014 #2

Reminds me of the idiots spewing black smoke from their trucks... polichick Jul 2014 #5

only if onethatcares Jul 2014 #23

They are exactly the same people Warpy Jul 2014 #27

There is going to be problems Gothmog Jul 2014 #3

I recall reading that the Oakland Ca armed police had second thoughts about brutality Hoppy Jul 2014 #4

As soon as it was leftist Black people were arming themselves and carrying openly, Ikonoklast Jul 2014 #21

Whites engaged in genocide in Tulsa, OK in the 1920s RainDog Jul 2014 #6

Thanks for the history. postulater Jul 2014 #8

My family came from France, via Canada RainDog Jul 2014 #10

Beautiful point made with this note in history JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #19

thanks RainDog Jul 2014 #24

what a bunch of racist that they say... open carry march, find a black neighborhood. shows what seabeyond Jul 2014 #7

Aaaah! The Oklahoma Orange Order! postulater Jul 2014 #9

First thing that came to my mind... Wounded Bear Jul 2014 #17

Brandenburg v. Ohio overturned the shouting fire legal premise in 1969. NutmegYankee Jul 2014 #25

Remind me, how are the different from the klan? Iggo Jul 2014 #11

The klan wore uniforms and had official titles TheCowsCameHome Jul 2014 #12

Ah, of course. The dunce caps! Iggo Jul 2014 #22

Boy, they sure picked the wrong community to attempt an armed march through! ananda Jul 2014 #13

not much different than burning a cross on their lawns. KittyWampus Jul 2014 #14

Yep. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #30

Guns, legal weapons of terror used by terrorists to terrorize the peaceful PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #15

Idiots. nt hack89 Jul 2014 #16

I'm waiting for the armed black man march through a white neighborhood KinMd Jul 2014 #18

They probably wouldn't have any. NutmegYankee Jul 2014 #26

Westboro Baptist instructs their people NOT to break any laws, or confront counter-protesters KinMd Jul 2014 #32

March in the OC marchers neighborhoods.... Historic NY Jul 2014 #28

Check your calendars, Open Carry dimwits. Paladin Jul 2014 #20

Lots of racist gun fanciers will support them. Hoyt Jul 2014 #29

Here's what I would love to see. HeiressofBickworth Jul 2014 #31

Now most doors lock automatically KinMd Jul 2014 #33