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That's the point of free speech. TreasonousBastard Mar 2016 #1
Free speech doesn't extend to yelling fire in a crowded theater or inciting a riot EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #2
That's the holding of Brandenburg V Ohio. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #31
UNCOMFORTABLE?? annabanana Mar 2016 #60
HE'S TELLING PPL AT HIS RALLIES TO BEAT UP PROTESTORS MuttLikeMe Mar 2016 #64
So... Telling his supporters to beat up protesters is merely "making us uncomfortable"? EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #66
Until they do and they did malaise Mar 2016 #97
And the point is rock Mar 2016 #94
You're seriously wrong about that. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #98
The protestors do and they have a right to not be punched in the face underpants Mar 2016 #3
BTW, the person who punched the protestor at the Trump event was arrested. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #6
Yeah I know underpants Mar 2016 #14
. . . . eventually, after the clip went viral. . .n/t annabanana Mar 2016 #61
Exactly - without the video & intervention from the outside world noamnety Mar 2016 #76
yep marions ghost Mar 2016 #111
Only because video was released... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #148
Anti-Trump protestors don't have a right to be violent. WinkyDink Mar 2016 #89
Were they in Chicago? They haven't been anywhere else underpants Mar 2016 #118
No angels on either side. But without the protestors would there have been any violence? WinkyDink Mar 2016 #129
Blaming the victims ? underpants Mar 2016 #141
So do protestors. octoberlib Mar 2016 #4
+1 daleanime Mar 2016 #62
I agree, but protestors don't always "peaceably assemble." Anyway, lest we forget: WinkyDink Mar 2016 #91
Sure, and others have the right of free speech to disrupt and shout him down. Chan790 Mar 2016 #5
Actually you don't have a right to disrupt and shout-down someone at their event. PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #7
It's not illegal. Chan790 Mar 2016 #16
Well "civil disobedience" can be effective even if it is illegal. Whether one can be removed... PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #29
but they aren't being removed for what they said treestar Mar 2016 #18
Would you have the same response if right wingers disrupted a Sanders rally in a similar way? oberliner Mar 2016 #17
I would think so treestar Mar 2016 #19
Yup. Chan790 Mar 2016 #20
I think candidates for president should be allowed to give speeches oberliner Mar 2016 #25
You're in favor of bushco 'free speech zones', aren't you? Ick. X_Digger Mar 2016 #83
I had exactly the same reaction. thank you. berningman Mar 2016 #88
No, of course not oberliner Mar 2016 #90
Have fun walking it back. We saw it. n/t X_Digger Mar 2016 #107
Why are you suddenly so concerned about Trumps right to free speech? tularetom Mar 2016 #8
I am defending everybody's right to free speech. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #12
Protesters were exercising their free speech. HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #123
I would defend anybody's right to be heard. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #127
And who makes the decision as to who has the right, who does not and pampango Mar 2016 #9
He has the right to say all of that Chemisse Mar 2016 #11
T-rump will probably become stronger among his supporters as more of hero Iliyah Mar 2016 #26
what would it be like if marions ghost Mar 2016 #125
His sentiments are odious and will be rejected in the marketplace of ideas. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #15
Trump gets heard more than anyone else anywhere Enrique Mar 2016 #10
Yes. peacebird Mar 2016 #13
Not on D.U. --- if your posts criticize St. Hillary the Annointed, you get hidden. Hoppy Mar 2016 #21
No they don't leftofcool Mar 2016 #24
Wow - this is preposterous oberliner Mar 2016 #35
Sure he does. So do the protestors. Glitterati Mar 2016 #22
Points DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #28
Yes. treestar Mar 2016 #23
Yes they do. leftofcool Mar 2016 #27
Yes, and we have the right to protest against those incipient fascists. DCBob Mar 2016 #30
Shutting down political rallies is OK? oberliner Mar 2016 #37
Yes, yes, and yes Glitterati Mar 2016 #40
False choice oberliner Mar 2016 #42
No, it's not. Glitterati Mar 2016 #49
Obviously it is oberliner Mar 2016 #51
Tsk, tsk, tsk, behave nicely children Glitterati Mar 2016 #53
Trump will not be president. The better angels of the American people will prevent that. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #58
Bwahahahahahaha! Glitterati Mar 2016 #59
Yeah, my old man was awarded a Purple Heart for being blinded in one eye and contacting malaria... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #63
Then you need to wake the hell up and recognize this little Hitler Glitterati Mar 2016 #65
The people will reject him at the ballot box. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #67
And, in the meantime, continue to call him out Glitterati Mar 2016 #70
I don't think I am one of the TSK, TSK ers... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #72
Yet, throughout this thread you've done EXACTLY that Glitterati Mar 2016 #73
You do not grasp in the slightest what American democracy is about. Trump has legitimately won WinkyDink Mar 2016 #109
Wow, amazing Glitterati Mar 2016 #110
Agree and disagree. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #55
Bullshit! You cannot know that. More tsk, tsk, tsk, behave children Glitterati Mar 2016 #56
Um, shutting down political rallies IS Fascist. And you raise a false comparison. Chicago was a WinkyDink Mar 2016 #102
Chickenshit Trump shut it down, NOT THE PROTESTORS Glitterati Mar 2016 #105
Do you not even read what you post? "Yes, yes, yes" to the question "Shutting down political rallies WinkyDink Mar 2016 #108
I know exactly what I said Glitterati Mar 2016 #113
Then your above reply to me is a non sequitur. WinkyDink Mar 2016 #115
That's where the balance will/should come in. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #41
In this case yes. DCBob Mar 2016 #43
Make the case without preventing him from speaking at his own events oberliner Mar 2016 #45
There is no defending this lunatic. DCBob Mar 2016 #46
Agreed oberliner Mar 2016 #52
I can see both sides of the argument... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #69
Damn right it is MuttLikeMe Mar 2016 #71
Undercover Nazi rallies? oberliner Mar 2016 #92
Thank you! No one wants to seem to give Trump a platform for him to get his message out FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #32
oh I get it now Enrique Mar 2016 #33
Not everything needs to be viewed through a Bernie v. Hillary prism oberliner Mar 2016 #38
of course not Enrique Mar 2016 #95
Free speech means the government can't shut you up or arrest you. It has nothing to do with private m-lekktor Mar 2016 #34
I'm always hearing on the DU about MLK Iliyah Mar 2016 #36
Trump has a right to speak, people have a right to protest. JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #39
From a purely partisan perspective it's great. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #44
Trump is treating America like his own reality TV show. JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #47
His devotees will love it but most Americans don't want four or eight years of chaos./nt DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #50
You seriously underestimate the stupidity of the American ppl MuttLikeMe Mar 2016 #74
No and no. I just question their numbers... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #75
Trump decided not to speak awake Mar 2016 #48
+1 DCBob Mar 2016 #93
first amend ment artyteacher Mar 2016 #54
Trump canceled his own rally: his speech his choice alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #57
That's what he claims but it was CPD and the Secret Service who shut it down elehhhhna Mar 2016 #78
CPD shut it down? alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #81
CPD did NOT do so. It was chickenshit Trump Glitterati Mar 2016 #86
That's what I thought...In was responding to this previous poster who said CPD shut it down alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #96
I can't turn on my tv or go online w/o hearing this windbag... lame54 Mar 2016 #68
^^this^^ salinsky Mar 2016 #80
What a total crock. Do you think we should have a limit to our speech? WinkyDink Mar 2016 #101
we already do... lame54 Mar 2016 #106
No, you weren't speaking of "fire, theatre," blah blah. You were speaking of TIME and AMOUNT. WinkyDink Mar 2016 #112
I'm completely lost... lame54 Mar 2016 #122
"He has more speech than any of us." What is "more speech" to mean, in a democracy? Are there WinkyDink Mar 2016 #133
then take a nap... lame54 Mar 2016 #145
Everyone should, but there's always been that human impulse to shut people up Hydra Mar 2016 #77
Free speech includes inciting and encouraging violence? noiretextatique Mar 2016 #79
This is not a Free Speech issue. We are past that. IdaBriggs Mar 2016 #82
I can't beleive how stunningly anti-democracy this post is. Do you think your attitude looks good on WinkyDink Mar 2016 #100
If Bernie Sanders starts spewing Anti-American hate speech, IdaBriggs Mar 2016 #130
Conservatives have spoken enough Matrosov Mar 2016 #84
That's pretty darn Fascist. WinkyDink Mar 2016 #99
Protesters do not impede free speech CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #85
Yes. Everything short of the delineated "incitement to riot". WinkyDink Mar 2016 #87
I'd rather know what they are thinking. raging moderate Mar 2016 #103
I don't agree with it. vdogg Mar 2016 #104
Trump called it off because of the violence and potential for more. And that prudence makes him a WinkyDink Mar 2016 #114
Are...are you defending Trump? vdogg Mar 2016 #147
As long as the Government does not try to suppress his speech his Right is intact. TalkingDog Mar 2016 #116
"Messy"? Is that you, Donald "Democracy is messy" Rumsfeld? Man, when we start parroting Right- WinkyDink Mar 2016 #119
Give me a list of allowed words (ironic that) and I'll dutifully toe the line. TalkingDog Mar 2016 #126
It was famously uttered by Rummy; sorry you don't remember. You want IRONY? READ THIS THREAD. WinkyDink Mar 2016 #138
Execpt for hyperspecific words you personally find obejctionable. TalkingDog Mar 2016 #139
And the expected *crickets* TalkingDog Mar 2016 #144
The problem with the OP query is the clairvoyant assumption of the words "incipient Fascist." WinkyDink Mar 2016 #117
The Government didn't shut down his free speech. HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #120
There is always an exception to the rule. Lint Head Mar 2016 #121
THERE IS NO EXCEPTION TO THE RULE OF POLITICAL FREE SPEECH HERE. WinkyDink Mar 2016 #124
There are exceptions. Lint Head Mar 2016 #134
Agree but I'm going to go dark JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #128
Yep. This is why we must endure the likes of Rush Limbaugh on the radio. Cleita Mar 2016 #131
I don't see this as a 1st amendment issue gwheezie Mar 2016 #132
See, the problem is the word "confront." WinkyDink Mar 2016 #136
For once, in a long time, I agree with you. aikoaiko Mar 2016 #135
Yes. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #137
I am matrilineally Jewish... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #140
Exactly! Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #142
It does make Trump look like the chaos candidate and that's good for us... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #143
why is this even a question? Macattack1 Mar 2016 #146
Of course liberalfromaustin21 Mar 2016 #149
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