Bill Stoddard wrote:
>>GAB> The problem is that politics have gotten so muddied
>>GAB> nowadays, that shouting down and unpeaceably disrupting
>>GAB> political rallies that you don't agree with has become
>>GAB> common practice.  The courts have constantly ruled
>>GAB> that there are some restrictions on the first amendment.
>>GAB> They teach you that your very first year of law school.
>>
>>I'll agree with Owen on this one.  Muddied my ass.  How hard is it to
>>chose between a Republocrat or a Demipublican?   Not very.  Shouting
>>down has grown to become the answer because the government, over a
>>span of years, and with the help of the Courts -has- limited the
>>rights we have as citizens under the First Amendment.
>>
>>
>
>Wishful thinking. People are just bigger dickheads now. Culture is changing
>and it is becoming acceptable to get in peoples face and shout them down
>when you disagree with them.  The people that do this are NOT
>disenfranchised. They
>get their rocks off on being disagreeable assholes. The act of protesting is
>more important than the actual issue being protested for most of these
>people.
>
>
In my experience, this is classic "American" behaviour, and I don't
think its on the increase outside of the US of A.
I am willing to accept the premise that Americans are bigger dickheads
then they used to be.
Owen

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