Whenever you see videos of “protestors” blocking traffic in order to vent their spleens about … whatever … the people trapped in their vehicles are being coerced into listening; when you see videos of “protestors” getting their stupid on in restaurants with loud-speakers and airhorns, those patrons are being constrained to listen.
Usually followed by public officials snivelling, “They have a First Amendment right to protest.”
“… the right to be let alone – the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.”
~Justice Louis D. Brandeis, in his dissent to Olmstead v. United States
Blocking a throughway, causing traffic to back up, resulting in drivers being trapped in their vehicles and having to listen to your bushwa is a violation of the civil right of the drivers to be let the hell alone. And I tire of it.
Intruding into the private space of a restaurant to berate the patrons with bullhorns and shrieking, forcing the patrons to choose between the meal or leaving is a violation of the civil right of the patrons. And I tire of it.
I also support his deas on suitable punishments.
There is no right to "protest". There are rights to free speech and to peacefully assemble, but that's not the same thing.
ReplyDeleteThis is why my truck has big brush guards. Unfortunately they are very sharp in spots.
ReplyDeleteAs it was taught to me…..your right to swing your fist stops at the tip of my nose.
ReplyDeleteyou can get tear gas on Amazon in cans. just push the tab down and toss. I keep 2 of them in my truck just for assholes like this. and 2 bear sprays as well. for when I HAVE to go to a larger city . plus 4 spare magazines and a box of ammo.
ReplyDeleteYOUR rights end where my nose begins. Think about that for a second
ReplyDeleteYOUR rights to protest or whatever ends where my nose begins. Think about that a second
ReplyDeleteI'm Never out For Fun. I need to get things done and get home. They have a right to Assemble, but not in a place that disrupts the lives of others. There could be a medical emergency in one of those stopped cars. People on the way to appointments. Or just going grocery shopping, but whatever someone is doing, THEY don't have the right to stop them.
ReplyDeleteIn Portland (Seattle?) the protestors deliberately blocked ambulances and people died. I doubt anyone even spent the night in jail.
DeleteWhose idea on suitable punishments?
ReplyDeleteFound it
ReplyDeletehttps://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/the-right-to-be-let-alone
I support dealing with protestors blocking a public thoroughfare thusly. Slow to about 8-10 MPH. Proceed at an orderly pace through the line of protestors, accelerate to posted speed and keep going.
ReplyDeleteLawdog's ideas, I do believe
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