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gejohnston

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3. I'm missing the issue

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 08:35 PM

Dec 2018

How is this different than buffer zones around abortion clinics? Seems like the same principle to me. I don't buy into this trend of "its always OK if my side does it" nonsense.

How does it criminalize peaceful protest or assembly when it doesn't infringe the rights of others? Blocking roads and highways, regardless of the cause, should be an offense.
These is not peaceful assembly. I'm not saying that it is the same as above, but same concept. Blocking emergency vehicles that results in death, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.

Ever notice how many of these people drive themselves to these protests in vehicles with internal combustion engines that look like Ford 350s and not Toyota Yaris?

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'Critical infrastructure' bill rides again; criminalizes protest against the fossil fuel industry [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2018 OP

To the shithole state north of me Just a Weirdo Dec 2018 #1

Wouldn't something like that violate the First Amendment? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #2

No, gejohnston Dec 2018 #4

I'm missing the issue gejohnston Dec 2018 #3