Suddenly, restricting people to “free speech zones”, ie, areas where they are allowed to protest, and if they get out of them they get arrested, are fashionable again
Los Angeles officials on Monday expressed anger at anti-vaccine protesters who temporarily blocked the vaccine distribution center at Dodger Stadium on Saturday and said they hoped to avoid future disruptions.
“I was very upset and disheartened,†L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis said of the disruption to the vaccination efforts.
Solis said authorities will set up space for protesters in the future who can share their viewpoints but “won’t disrupt†the traffic flow.
â€I understand people have 1st Amendment rights. … But when you become disruptive and actually create more problems through congestion, traffic jams or hostility in a manner that is not conducive, then I would want to have our public safety officials involved and to be there to protect all that are involved,†Solis said.
Now, first off, I think these people are loonies and annoying, and it creates a huge pain in the ass for Other People when they created problems with people getting the vaccine in LA. I think most of us, left, right, and (so-called) center can agree on that, right? And it does go to the question “should people be able to causes problems like that when engaged in their 1st Amendment Rights?” It does say “protest peaceably. Is blocking all those people and forcing the vaccine distribution center to shut down protesting peaceably? That’s a bigger debate, is it not?
But, what is not debatable is that Los Angeles tolerated the hell out of Black Lives Matter and Antifa blocking the streets and causing problems multiple times, did it not? Here’s BLM in May, blocking the 101 in LA, causing people problems, assaulting people, and destroying police cars. Here’s BLM walking onto the 110 in LA during rush hour in June, blocking traffic. The cops didn’t force them off the streets and into free speech zones in either cases. The notion never came up. And those were just two of the incidents in the LA area. Nor did free speech zones come up anywhere else in the country where BLM was running, literally, riot.
Why is it that the loony anti-vaxxers are being treated differently, especially when there was not assault, no arson, no looting, not destroying police cars?
We’re in the middle (not the beginning, not the end) of a global pandemic with more contagious, more dangerous variants now in the US. This is a national emergency. The loons can protest all they want, but they should not be allowed to block access to the vaccines.
The anti-vax conspiracist, pharmacist who destroyed 900 vaccine doses should have found less damaging ways to protest. The loon, Steven Brandenburg, pleaded guilty and could receive up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $0.5 million.
Of course, excitable Russia Teach shrieks, “Eek, Negroes!” For all the BLM protests and riots, the economy was not destroyed and half a million Americans didn’t die. See the difference? Get a grip.
Troll Elwood P. Dowd – Again with the hypocrisy. Do you read your comments from week to week?
Don’t just repeat your Masters’ lies and unfounded hate.
Research for yourself, learn the truth, and become Right.
GDP shrank by 3.5% in 2020, but the esteemed Mr Dowd says, “the economy was not destroyed.” Well, I guess it wasn’t for wealthy people like Mr Dowd, who (apparently) kept his job and his income. But for the 25 million people who, in December, qualified for some definition of unemployment, their personal economies were certainly destroyed!
For the wealthy elites like the good-hearted Mr Dowd, those people are apparently invisible, their sacrifices made for the good of all. They didn’t suffer, and he didn’t suffer, so it’s all good, right?
Oddly enough, I missed the post in which the distinguished Mr Teach shrieked, “Eek, Negroes,” which is what your statement claims he made, directly, by your use of double quotation marks.
Nor would it be true even if you claimed it wasn’t a direct quote, since the majority of the Mostly Peaceful Protestersâ„¢ were not Negroes, but young, far-left Caucasians, Al Capp’s Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything. While there may have been a predominance of Negroes involved in the looting, the vandals and arsonists seem mostly to have been Caucasians. The estimable Mr Teach was unsparing of his criticism of them despite their relative lack of melanin.
Why are antifa and BLM treated differently? It’s because they are the democratic party brown shirts. Their party bosses in government at every level have their backs. They are above the law, just like other democrats.
BLM was/is not a threat to America, while the Right Wing/Proud Boyz/white supremacist/3%-er/Oath Keeper/neoNazi/neoConfederate/nuGOP assault on America was clearly a threat to America.
The insurrection failed and now busted right-wingers say, “Nevermind, we were joking”. Treason is serious.
Breaking News: In his upcoming Senate trial, Trump is NOT claiming he won the election. Why not? He’s claiming he’s not guilty on administrative grounds, lol. A technicality.
Jeff,
The demonstration at the Capitol was the first stage. People are organizing and preparing for a long fight. It is time to throw of the chains of tyranny imposed by the Dems/ communist. Then you have zero knowledge of what Trump is doing, just find yourself a safe place.
Troll Elwood – You are displaying your Masters’ fear again repeating their lies. BLM is a racist organization, “useful idiots” to your Masters. Proud Boys are anti-racist including anti-racial guilt.
Research before you comment. Drop your Masters’ unfounded hate and lies. Become your own boss, and be Right.
The confused Mr Dowd wrote:
How, I have to ask, were the approximately 800 demonstrators who entered the building in the Capitol kerfuffle, a “threat to America”? Other than a couple of them, they weren’t even armed! Overthrowing a government is not done by people waving flags of holding signs, but armed men, seizing hostages and killing government functionaries.
The Black Lives Matter protesters actually set up zones of lawlessness, defying government authority and police, in some areas, the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” most famously. But that, the intellectual Mr Dowd has told us, was not “a threat to America.”
I question his judgement.
Actually, I question his sanity.
Profedsor Hale
The Capital Insurrection was an attempt by some to capture Pelosi and Pence They killed a cop they looted they attacked the very center of our government
They are now using as a defense that they thought that was what Trump wanted
Trump now say that they dhkukd be prosecuted to the gull extent of the law
John,
You do realize your comment is impossible to understand and not based in common knowledge.
The mistake made at the Capitol was not burning the building to the ground. As to the politicians on both sides, who cares about them at all. The US is dead, we are at war.
Blah blah blah. You are no better than Jeff. Just another democratic party talking point repeater. You have nothing interesting to say on any topic.
Nonsense. The Capitol “insurrection” was a bunch of rowdy upset people who got out of control. Nothing more.
They broke 4 windows, scattered some paper around, behaved like jackasses. One was shot and nobody can defend why, because there was clearly no deadly threat. (That cop should be in jail awaiting charges, but good luck with that.) One cop got beaned by a fire extinguisher and died too, which was a shame. Who did it is still unknown, and there were plenty of antifa agitators mixed in with the crowd. Four other “insurrectionists” died of natural causes (heart attacks, etc.) in the melee or somewhere nearby. ( It’s unclear. That might include the rally down by the White House too.)
The summer BLM riots were thousands of times worse; more deaths, more damages.
It nothing but blatant propaganda to inflate the significance of the Capitol shenanigans. Agitprop fodder for the Leftist traitors who now rule our country.
Post of the day! “BLM is not a threat to America..†Sure-the violence continues to this day after 8 months, 1-2 billion in damages. 25 killed, and over 700 police officers injured. And that’s not even counting the 5 police officers killed in Dallas a few years ago during a BLM “peaceful protestâ€. J-sorry, but I’m due back on earth now…
Jil,
You’re wrong. As your mentor devious7134 says, Jan 6 was just the beginning. The best way to stop a nascent infection is to nip it early. Ask devious.
Stupid-wingers are a bigger threat to America than BLM and Islamists combined. Why? Because they have more support among guys such as you.
Sorry J, I’m right. Just like “climate changeâ€, look at the facts instead of what you think “might†happen in the future. All the destruction and burning and killing are on the left-wing BLM side. Your scenario is all in your head. This peaceful protest, as usual like all the other ones, has yet to be condemned by any top Dems. According to the criteria that you use on others, that means they approve of destruction to US cities . But let’s not forget, a guy in a buffalo hat sat in Nancy Pelosi’s chair! https://twitter.com/kurtschlichter/status/1356627918517006337?s=21
Jil,
You’re still wrong.
Another reply/response fail.
Is that all you’ve got? Of course it is, because your goal here is just to be as counter-factual and annoying as possible. Pushing the Leftist narrative at people who know better, and just roll their eyes and hope you don’t live near them. I haven’t read a single response of yours that hasn’t been 99% flinging crap.
So much for facts, logic, and persuasion.
J-a very substantive rebuttal! But translated: you can’t refute what I said. Shocking …
devious7134,
Another threat! Cool. Real Americans oppose people like you, Kye and Teach. You live a cloistered life and should get out more amongst real Americans. Find out if they want a shooting war with the United States of America. You’re fascist white, christianist nationalist state is not going to happen.
You Kowardly Klumsy Klowns are a joke.
Wolverines!
Jeff,
You have doxed yourself at most sites and everyone hates you, just as here. I don’t threaten, but you have a large list of enemies.
Unlike you, I have contact with all socioeconomic classes, in fact a guy was doing some work at the house and noted my CSA flag. He showed me his chest tattoo of the great flag of our country…..he is black. I welcomed him as a brother.
deviant7134,
Could you list the other sites where I comment? If you can’t you’re a liar. If you do… you’re a liar.
You’re a liar.