Apparently it comes as shocking news to the Left to be told
that they don’t have the right to “protest” (defined by the Left as loudly interrupting
someone else’s right to free speech) at private rallies organized for the
purpose of allowing a speaker to express his opinions for those who wish to
hear it. Interfering with the rights of
others to express or hear certain views is something the bullies on the Left believe
is just one of their many, many entitlements.
The headline, originated at Politico and then covered on today’s front
page at Huffpo, was as follows:
“Trump lawyer: ‘No
right’ to protest at rallies”
If you know anything about leftwing journalism you might
have guessed that this headline is just a bit off the mark. The true essence of what Trump’s lawyers are arguing,
if we’re to sum it up in one line, is that there’s no constitutionally
protected right to disrupt a privately sponsored event. But the truth never serves to advance the
Left’s agenda and the sheep, after all, must be kept with the herd, so……
Here’s
the story. Trump is being sued by a
group of protesters who disrupted his private
rally in Louisville, Kentucky during his presidential campaign. They claim they were roughed up when they
were forcibly removed from the venue by Trump supporters following Trump’s call
to ““get 'em out of here!” Thus their boo-boos
are Trump’s fault, according to the suit, even though Trump immediately followed
his instruction by saying, “Don’t hurt ‘em.”
Trump’s lawyers have responded by asserting that Trump has the First
Amendment right to speak at his own rally and has no obligation to allow dissenters
to have a voice in the assembly.
Furthermore, they contend, Trump was within his rights to call for the
removal of the protestors and his simple instruction was not an inducement to
violence, particularly since he expressly requested that they not be hurt. (and need I point out that if the disrupters had left
voluntarily there would have been no need for violence?).
Makes sense to me! The
leftists want the sheep to see this as evidence that Trump and his supporters
suppress free speech (fascists!), but a rational person looking at the facts
would see that in reality it’s the other way around. No one is preventing people from peacefully protesting in a public place or even in a private forum
where they have permission to be. The
Trump campaign presumably paid for the use of the venue to hold their rally,
which means they’re entitled to call the shots.
Nothing prevents the protestors from securing their own venue if they sincerely
want to engage in freedom of expression; but of course sincerity is not a
quality valued by the Left. What they really
want is to prevent Donald Trump from being heard and to force their own
expressions upon Trump’s audience. That’s
how “free speech” works in the leftist world, because the true free exchange of
information is the Left’s worst enemy. And
they call us the fascists. Take a quick look at the comments at the
conclusion of Huffpo’s article if you doubt my characterization of the mentality
we’re dealing with.
By the way, here
is exactly what it says in Trump’s motion:
“Of course, protestors have their own First
Amendment right to express dissenting views,
but they have no right to do so as part of
the campaign rally of the political candidates they oppose.
Indeed, forcing the “private organizers” of
a political rally to accept everyone “who wish[es] to
join in with some expressive demonstration
of their own” would “violate[] the fundamental rule
of protection under the First Amendment,
that a speaker has the autonomy to choose the content
of his own message.”
Oh the horror and indignation! Next thing you know they’ll be telling the
leftists they can’t burn cars or destroy other people’s property. It’s fascism!
It’s blasphemy! Can it be that the
rest of the country still doesn’t understand that only leftists have rights, and
the rules don’t apply to them? Oh the
frustration!
I don’t suppose there’s any point to mentioning the hecklers
who were ejected
from Hillary Clinton’s speech, or from Bill Clinton’s speech
in 2008, or from Barack
Obama’s speech in 2015 (all leftwingers, by the way), or asking Huffpo
commenters if Obama and the Clintons are “fascists” for having the disrupters
removed? Nah, there’s no point.
The Left’s guerilla war is being waged in our courts, where
they hope to be aided and abetted by officials who, ironically, are paid by the
very people they are encouraged to betray.
Irony is never in short supply these days. Quite honestly I couldn’t care less if the “protestors”
were injured while being evicted from the rally they were trying to disrupt. When you’re hurt or your rights are violated while you’re attempting to violate the
rights of someone else, you’re not entitled to sympathy or recompense in my
book. Justice has already been
served.
That’s what I learned at the Huffington Post (and Politico)
today, where it’s always an enlightening place to visit.
~CW
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