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center rising (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:21 PM Original message |
I hate Fred Phelps, and his gang, but the SC made the right decision. |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I Actually Predicted This |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The decision did not rule out state laws prohibiting such protests at funerals. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep. Agreed. But free speech goes both ways. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't see how the Phelps' could have lost |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have to agree. |
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Jmaxfie1 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yeah, was it the Skokie rally you were thinking of? n/a |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm sorry but I don't recall what city it was in. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I feel safer when crack pots have a public forum. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. This decision could be very helpful to protesters in the future, I think. -nt |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. So are the people un-reccing this in favor of abridging free speech? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Look at post 12. It is mine |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The case wasn't about regulating free speech |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The father made the point that Elizabeth Edwards' was protected |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The court wasn't interested in right to privacy vs free speech at all |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. And then there was the liberal line, too I guess. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Here is what one of Phelps; son says about the ruling: |
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Duende azul (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Nope. Unrecced because of the crap |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Sorry, I've been off the grid for a few days so this was one of the first comments I saw ... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R- You are correct. They are evil assholes, but they have a right to say |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah, yeah, we get it already. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. ****Here is my attempt at free speech, please UNRECOMMEND this thread****************** |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Why I oughta kick your |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Heh. |
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Volaris (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. agreed, and the Genius of the First Amendment |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. Where is the line between free speech and hate speech? |
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