> The problem is that politics have gotten so muddied
> nowadays, that shouting down and unpeaceably disrupting
> political rallies that you don't agree with has become
> common practice.  The courts have constantly ruled
> that there are some restrictions on the first amendment.
> They teach you that your very first year of law school.
>
I don't think politics is any muddier. People are becoming increasingly
unethical. It's a breakdown in home training.
Bill

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Gregory Alan Bolcer wrote:
>at zones to most expediently keep order.
>
>The problem is that politics have gotten so muddied
>nowadays, that shouting down and unpeaceably disrupting
>political rallies that you don't agree with has become
>common practice.  The courts have constantly ruled
>that there are some restrictions on the first amendment.
>They teach you that your very first year of law school.
>
>
What a load of crap. Politics are somehow more muddy now?  I'd say that
its considerably
clearer - the vast majority of people feel disenfranchised, and the
common practice of
putting protestors in boxes is done usually to hide them from TV
cameras, visiting dignitaries,
etc, further exacerbating those feelings.
"Unpeaceably disrupting political rallies" is now usually done by police
with riot gear and pepper spray.
We had a good one here a month or so ago - a few people peaceably
strayed from the permit area,
which was nearly a mile from the site of the meeting of finance
ministers held here (the motorcade drove
by it for about 10 seconds), and were immediately gassed,  beaten and
arrested. Not very muddied at all.
Owen