That's why the police are there, to make sure the Klansmen 1st amendment rights are not infringed.And just because one doesn't have the right to do something doesn't mean they won't. If I went downtown Detroit and started throwing around racial epithets, I'd say there would be a 100% chance of being harmed. Would anyone have the legal right to attack me? No. Would it happen? Yes. It's no different with the KKK. The KKK is taking that chance every single time they organize...
No, I get it. All I'm saying is that I see why people would want to kick their ass and why it went down like it did. Like I said, I fully support free speech and if I thought I could get away with it, I'd throw a Klan Member a beatdown as well just for the hell of it. Freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequence.That's why the police are there, to make sure the Klansmen 1st amendment rights are not infringed.
I'm not sure a beatdown is technically part of a full support platform.No, I get it. All I'm saying is that I see why people would want to kick their ass and why it went down like it did. Like I said, I fully support free speech and if I thought I could get away with it, I'd throw a Klan Member a beatdown as well just for the hell of it. Freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequence.
They were given their right to protest, organize and speak. They even had police protection. Their rights were not infringed upon in any way. No one was hauled off to jail for the rally itself. To me, that's where free speech begins and ends. The freedom from consequence for that speech isn't part of it. If I'm speaking an a KKK rally and then no one will hire me, did that impede on my free speech? Nope.I'm not sure a beatdown is technically part of a full support platform.
Please don't tell me one of these assholes was wearing anything Navy on it... That would be very unfortunate.lol@ the KKK guys wearing the wrong Confederation flag. Jesus christ are they are Confederation navy/ VA regulars?
As a black person, i want KKK and BLM to kill each other off. Maybe we can start progressing forward.
Please don't tell me one of these assholes was wearing anything Navy on it... That would be very unfortunate.
Sort of like Sherdog.
And yeah, just because you don't like what people say, you don't have the right to start attacking them.
Brown lives also matter!!!
Where's our riot...
They are using the Second Confederate Navy Jack aka the stars and bars...
Now the same stars and bars was The Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia....lol So they all from north VA or do they all own ironclads?
Actually the first flag is the stars and bars:
For some reason a bunch of uninformed racist in the 50's called the Battle Flag the stars and bars, but like so many other things - they were wrong.
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Despite never having historically represented the Confederate States of America as a country, nor officially recognized as one of its national flags, the rectangular Second Confederate Navy Jack and the Battle Flag of Northern Virginia are now flag types commonly referred to as "the Confederate Flag." They both have become a widely recognized symbol of the Southern United States.[36] It is also known as the "rebel flag", "Dixie flag", and "Southern cross"[37] and is often incorrectly referred to as the "Stars and Bars."[38] The actual "Stars and Bars" is the first national flag, which used an entirely different design.
If this were a black lives matter protest nobody would have gotten hurt.
Racism etc.
Checkmate BLM
BLAM is a tragic choice of acronyms.Brown lives also matter!!!
Where's our riot...
If the counter demonstrators innitiated the physical altercation, it is the job of the police to step in and protect the KKKers.They were given their right to protest, organize and speak. They even had police protection. Their rights were not infringed upon in any way. No one was hauled off to jail for the rally itself. To me, that's where free speech begins and ends. The freedom from consequence for that speech isn't part of it. If I'm speaking an a KKK rally and then no one will hire me, did that impede on my free speech? Nope.
Exactly... And that's what took place. Their freedom of speech wasn't infringed upon. But they did suffer consequences from other people who didn't like what they had to say. These two things are mutually exclusive.If the counter demonstrators innitiated the physical altercation, it is the job of the police to step in and protect the KKKers.
The point is they people who keep using the Flag with the X need to stop acting like its the real fucking deal. i tend to slide them into the camp with the rest of the idiots.