Matt Wuerker for October 21, 2017

An excellent idea!

That works…but where is the fireproof space for the morons with Tiki Torches??

What, you are striking down Freedom of Expression? No more burning flags, protected art, dance, symbols, etc?

Remember the Republican “Free Speech Zones” that were barbed wire cages a mile away from the political event? If there were actual free speech in this country, fascist racist liar Trump would be shouted down.

In Berkeley the anarchists over ran the police barrier and drove the right wing hate speech makers out of town.

They take Orwell’s book seriously in Berkeley, we don’t need your fascist lies.

We could have heaven on earth but Republicans keep turning it into hell.

A distinction needs to be made between free and responsible… speech. Far too many free speeches are merely disguised as incitements to riot.

Mairi would do better if he (or she) stopped & considered that words are meant to communicate thoughts, not just to pontificate (to use a word that Mairi might understand). Misunderstanding each other is at the core of all conflict, IMHO.Incidentally, Theodore Roosevelt’s “bully pulpit” was used for progress (mostly),

…that is, at least in regard to preserving our landscapes. Trump wants to regress, and destroy that and other forms of progress, in the manner of weak Pharoahs. We the people are reaping what we’ve sown for our continuing destruction of the cultures, people and lands of those native peoples we “discovered” then systematically pushed off land they considered property of the Great Spirit (which was sacred and NOT SUBJECT TO SALE)! Most of us “Americans” have never understood or respected that, and we must now suffer the consequences.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/08/14/there-hate-speech-exception-first-amendment/q9m4IqfQvbo24nnlnPor1O/story.htmlEducational & intriguing. In short, this fanciful doodle promotes infringing the first amendment. No worries though, there’s a second amendment which specifically states “Shall not be infringed”, & it’s not like that stands in the way of the hobbles!

“Freedom of speech does not give anyone the right to yell fire in a crowded theater.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

Ain’t that cute, Wuerker seems to think the rules in the US are something OTHER than “Free speech, with Guns”. Apparently he hasn’t been reading his history.

I have a much better idea.

With masks and without. You have the right to speak, but nowhere does the Amendment mention the right to do so anonymously.

I like my free speech with just words. Your rights end at the end of your fist, My rights start where my nose is. There is no reason to hit or shoot someone in the name of free speech.