MSNBC - Abrams Report - Should Protesters Be Prosecuted? (6:47 pm EDT)

[VolcanoJen]

Unbelievable.. just showed the "Fire Rumsfeld" protesters. The question proposed by Dan Abrams is "We are told that none of the protesters was arrested, so, tonight, we ask this question: Should they have been? Should protesters who come to disrupt congressional hearings be prosecuted more often?"

Tune in and Enjoy the civil-rights assault...

on edit: damned typos!!!

[barbaraann]

1. Michael Savage advocates internment for anti-war Americans.

n/t

[mike1963]

4. Internment, well, *I* advocate INTERMENT for Savage...

:grr:

[barbaraann]

8. Gotcha!

;-)

[redqueen]

5. I advocate internment for anti-Americans like Savage

Anyone who is against free speech is anti-American. Off to Gitmo with 'im!

So... is Michael Weiner a whore or is he criminally insane?

Michael Savage SUCKS!

:nuke:

[Bluzmann57]

7. I remember savage once on CNN

on a show which I can't remember the name of, hosted by Arthel Neville, and Charles Barkley was the other guest. Barkley tore him a new a-hole. It was funny! savage almost dropped an N bomb on national TV he was so mad. So ever since then, I just figured he's a harmless fringe element dumbass.

[VolcanoJen]

2. "This is a dangerous situation, and although it didn't result in a...

... terrorist attack, it could. These are pro-Saddam Iraqis." - David Horowitz, President, Center for Study of Popular Culture.

That was his voiceover, while the "Fire Rumsfeld" video played in the background...

:puke:

[Aidoneus]

3. Should idiots like Abrams should be prosecuted?

I say yes. They make themselves into active participants in the propaganda war, and should thus not be left out of anything.

[VolcanoJen]

9. works for me, Aidoneous. (n/m)

[gratuitous]

6. First, they send up the trial balloon

Just raising the question, as offensive as it is, serves their purpose, which is to inure the public to the thinking that exercising one's free speech rights is (1) wrong; (2) against public policy; and (3) should be punished by something more than just a namby-pamby ejection from the room.

There are earnest debates, and folks pretty much decide that no, protesters shouldn't be punished. Then there's more debate later. And some pundits allow as how, well, maybe removal's not enough. After all, the protests keep happening. Then there's more discussion, and suddenly, the idea that petitioning the government for redress of grievances is a subversive maneuver, and is hanging in the public square really enough for these traitorous America haters?

I'd say the scenario is pretty far-fetched, except it keeps getting played out in such a dazzling variety of ways.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. I look for

police to 'accidentally' fire into a crowd of protestors with rockets and genades as as 'warning'......

[redqueen]

12. How soon until we'll need an updated version of

"Four dead in Ohio"?

[No2W2004]

13. Like today

When an Israeli tank fired a warning shot into a crowd of Palestinian teenagers...

[bloom]

16. "IDF tank shells kill 8 (peaceful) demonstrators in Rafah"

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/P/FrontPage/FrontPage&cid=1002116796299


Not a good day for protesters.

[bahrbearian]

14. Kent State ?

[Eric J in MN]

11. Dan Abrams father, Floyd Abrams, is a famous First Amendment

Dan Abrams father, Floyd Abrams, is a famous First Amendment attorney.

I don't know how he raised a son with so little passion for the First Amendment.

[Must_B_Free]

15. Should Protestors be Executed?

coming up next! :eyes: