Reply #171: Are you really comfortable putting that kind of restriction on political speech?

[jgraz]

How rude does someone have to be before the police can stop them from speaking out on an issue? How mainstream or popular does their point of view need to be before you would grant them the right to speak?

You, just you, have decided that Meyer's behavior justified being removed from that hall. You feel that a one minute, forty second speech is just too much too bear, the equivalent of shouting "fire" in a crowded theater (look up that history if you want a real shocker).


Of course, I don't think you really believe any of that. If that kid was up there harassing George Bush or <gasp> James Carville, you'd be first in line cheering him on. It's just that THIS time it was your political idol, so you didn't like it. And still you can't see why this is the heart of the 1st Amendment.