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Originally Posted by ilnjscb
How does a permit allow you to blatantly disrupt a private funeral? Permits are discretionary, not mandated. Who gives that permit? Flag burning; sacred, saying god hates fags at funerals; sacred, disagreeing in public with unsound fiscal policy; light 'em up boys! That is clearly the sort of bullshit Jefferson The Architect had in mind when he advocated frequent revolution. Washington didn't follow the letter of the law, he broke the shit out of it. They would have hanged him as a traitor, and the letter of the law knuckleheads would have said "too right mate". The letters were written, and written for a reason, and if the reason is wrong, the law should be broken.
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a permit does not allow that, it just allows them to asemble in a specific spot and also allows the cops to know whats going on. It is the first amendment that gives them the right to blatantly disrupt a private funeral. It sucks but it is what we allow.
Probably one of the most famous cases involving a group of miscreants and the first amendment was in Skokie Il where the American nazi party was planning to march. The ACLU defended their right to march there based on the first amendment and their lawyer was of Jewish descent. The argument being that the first amendment is there to protect the people we find vile and disgusting even more so then the people we agree with. Skokie is a predominantly Jewish community (Fantastic bagels I am not kidding!) and at the time had a small but substantial holocaust survivor community.
The nazi's won but were allowed to march in Chicago instead