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| NEWS - Republicans are attempting to pass a bill an extreme anti-protest bill |
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| Tayasaurus:
If an ambulance needs to get through, then we should start equipping them with high pressure water hoses |
| Rabbot32:
--- Quote from: DrenDran on January 23, 2017, 01:22:17 AM --- --- End quote --- I'm not upset over the fact that protesters might get hurt. I'm upset over the fact that the government is attempting to trample on the right to assemble. The first amendment very clearly states --- Quote ---Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. --- End quote --- |
| DrenDran:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on January 23, 2017, 01:25:10 AM ---Again, you're completely missing the point here. Nobody is disputing whether blocking highways should be illegal. In fact, it already is. --- End quote --- The problem is either they can't effectually enforce the law, or they won't. --- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on January 23, 2017, 01:25:10 AM --- The problem is that choosing to legalize lethal force against highway-blockers is completely insane. There already exist dozens of effective crowd dispersal methods that do not involve murdering unarmed civilians. --- End quote --- It doesn't say they must kill all protesters. It doesn't even mention lethal force. It just says they can do whatever's needed to fix the problem. Maybe that does involve non-lethal methods. Better the state have the power and not need it than need it and not have it. --- Quote from: Rabbot32 on January 23, 2017, 01:26:43 AM ---I'm not upset over the fact that protesters might get hurt. I'm upset over the fact that the government is attempting to trample on the right to assemble. The first amendment very clearly states --- End quote --- It says the right to assemble. Not the right to stop traffic. |
| Insert Name Here²:
Emphasis on PEACEFULLY Last I checked, storming through towns yelling x, blocking highways and roads for hours, and attacking people aren't forms of peaceful assembly |
| Trogtor:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on January 23, 2017, 01:25:10 AM ---This bill has nothing to do with riots. It's about people who block highways. --- End quote --- hmmmm ok but ill still stand with what i said |
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