RW media is already harping on that "free speech zone".

[Cat Atomic]

I was just on the road for 15 minutes here in L.A., to pick up a coffee. In that short span of time, I heard two separate news reports on two different conservative AM stations (KABC 790 and KFI 640).

The "free speech zone" is a top story on both, and both use the same angle: razor wire, razor wire, interview with a kid.

The fact that there's a censorship zone at the DEMOCRATIC Convention is not only insulting, it's stupendously stupid. Who's decision was this? Who can ditch that thing? It's insulting when Bush has his opponents stuffed into them, and it's twice as insulting when my own party does it.

[wtmusic]

1. RW media has good reason to harp on the FSZ

Everyone in the country should be up in arms. It's revolting and unpatriotic.

[bobbyboucher]

2. Maybe the Republican Govenor?

Duh.

[TrueAmerican]

3. This is part of HLS

And who is in charge of HLS?

Hint: Not a Democrat

[IndianaGreen]

4. Have the RW media discussed the free speech zone in New York city?

The same antiwar and antiglobalization demonstrators that are in Boston are going to be in NYC. They were denied use of Central Park.

[Cat Atomic]

7. Of course not. And they never mention the way Republicans have

been using them over the last 4 years either. That's why this issue is going to be damaging for Kerry. They'll just never mention that Republicans do it all the time.

[librechik]

5. shit like this could make Kerry lose--He needs to show he is

different than the Pukkkes!


very bad.

[Mr_Spock]

6. Well, my current theory is that Kerry is gonna wait till it hits a boiling

point and then he is going to pull a Reagan "tear down that wall" he will say. Sounds like a grand idea to me. Can people email the campaign this idea to make sure it is considered. As soon as the threat from the protesters is determined, then an appropriate "open the gates" response can be determined. If it's out of DNC control, then this will be apparent when Kerry pleads with Homeland Security to "let these people protest, it a free country".

Please forward this to Kerry campaign.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. I, Jack Rabbit, declare the following a free speech zone:

ON EDIT:
(and Alaska and Hawaii, too)

. . . and I do not recognize to right any authority, Republican or Democrat, to say otherwise.

Map from http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/usgsnps/gmap/gmaplink.html

[Bandit]

9. Good maybe this was what was needed to bring it to everyone's attention

I don't give a damn who establishes them they are wrong. It is/was wrong for Bush* to have them and it is wrong for the city of Boston to establish them. They are unconstitutional IMHO. The more the Medfia harps on it the harder for Bush* to keep using them.

[peace4all]

12. and maybe

people will take notice that Kerry has not charged in on a white horse to do anything about it.

[kaitykaity]

10. This thing is within sight of the Fleet Center.

That's better than in NYC where our protesters are
going to be corralled miles and miles away from
the Thug event.

They need to stop whining and get over it.

[IndianaGreen]

14. "stop whining and get over it."

Isn't that the same thing the DLC told us to do about the war in Iraq and the PATRIOT Act?

I can almost visualize Kerry standing on the podium of the Democratic Convention getting ready to deliver his vision of America to the TV audience when, all of a sudden, the DLC unfurls a banner behind Kerry that reads "Stop whining and get over it!" How do you think that will go over the TV audience?

[kaitykaity]

18. Uh, Exactly.

It worked for them, didn't it?

[Suspicious]

11. Shameful.

The fact that there's a censorship zone at the DEMOCRATIC Convention is not only insulting, it's stupendously stupid.

Yes, it is. For anyone who thinks it will just be Freepers and other rightwingers penned up (which would still be shameful to anyone on the left side of the spectrum who puts their money where their mouth is), many of these people will be the same people we marched with on March 20, 2004, and February 15, 2003.

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2426

People can claim the Democratic Party leadership has no responsibility for this - but in the end, it really doesn't matter. It is going to leave a lasting impression, and it will make all of us look like complete hypocrites when we decry the Free Speech Zones outside any Bush event.

[bpilgrim]

13. I'm sure these images will play well in CHINA and the rest of the 'FREE'

WORLD, not.

local boston news report...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/movs/fsz.mov - 18mb mpeg4
(requires qt http://apple.com/quicktime/download )

the birthplace of LIBERTY noless

peace

[Junkdrawer]

15. AP Now has it and Drudge is leading with it...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040721/480/bx11407212244

http://www.drudgereport.com/

[bpilgrim]

16. i sense common ground here people

this is an 'angle' the dems should play up i sense they could CAPITALIZE big on these PATRIOTIC type issues.

peace

[G_j]

19. agreed

standing up for the rights of the people.. even freepers

[bpilgrim]

20. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy

He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Thomas Pain

peace

[bvar22]

17. They hate us for our freedoms!

*

[Killarney]

21. Oh yeah, the FSZ is the Democrats fault.

Sure. :eyes:

The Secret Service, the Governor, Mayor, and State Police are all working together on the security. Mostly the SS. THEY determine stuff like this. NOT THE DEMOCRATS. NOT KERRY.

Yet the Kerry-haters on DU just jump at the chance to blame something else that's out of his hands on him. :eyes:

Who created the FSZ? Bush, right? Who has been using it for 4 years? Bush. It will be used at the RNC and will be much worse than this one because it's farther away.

Bigger fish, people. Bigger fish.