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Isn't there some type of "right" for people "peaceably to assemble"?
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2024
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Yes, but government can restrict the "time, place, and manner".
Well now there's a totally unique and unprecedented story, Democratic National Convention in Chicago preparing to crack down heavily on leftist protesters. Completely unprecedented.
On an unrelated note if you're a black civil rights leader in Chicago right now get the fuck out. It ain't safe.
They hired all the Hillary Clinton consultants to ask them how to finally get the party together in the right direction, and they all said yeah, the Chicago cops will fix it all for you. Best idea ever. No way it can go wrong.
I mean, the RNC is in Milwaukee, that's not far.
More than 50 organizations plan to protest in Chicago, which has denied permits for demonstrations near the United Center convention site. That has sparked lawsuits and groups vowing to march whether or not they have permits.
One of my favorite true stories...
The year is 1970, the war in Vietnam rages on, and the American Legion annual convention is set to be held in liberal bastion Portland, Oregon.
Portland is known for many things, but protesting is right near the top of the list. George H. W. Bush famously called the town "Little Beirut". The George Floyd protests ran for over 100 days.
Now imagine that town, during the Vietnam war, with an American Legion convention, and the rumor that President Nixon would be attending.
😳
Oregon Governor Tom McCall came up with a brilliant solution... A state funded rock concert, far away from Portland proper, on the same days as the convention.
In the end, over five days, somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 people attended the festival, barely 1,000 people protested in Portland... and Nixon? Nixon never showed up.