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In reply to the discussion: Doxxing Nazis: People in Charlottesville and surrounding areas should [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,319 posts)On what grounds?
Let's look at Friday night. Walking (not marching. I went through boot camp, and I know the difference.) up the Lawn in a group, while chanting slogans and carrying lit tiki torches, is a protected activity. So far, this is exercising freedom of speech and peaceably assembling.
Do you really want people fired or expelled from school for exercising their First Amendment rights? You miss the Stasi that much?
Swinging lit tiki torches at people? That's different. Now you're getting into the unlawful assembly part of the equation. But that came later.
Please include me out of your glorious people's republic, comrade. There's no room for me there.
Full disclosure: I went to George Mason Elementary School. It's named after the guy who wrote the Bill of Rights and who declined to sign the Constitution because it did not include a bill of rights.