>>Um, conduct includes speech.<<
It can, but not always. If I quietly raise a blade and cut a mans head off yet say nothing, there is no “speech”.
Gates problem was not what he said, it was the accompanying conduct and the way it was said that got him into trouble. Belligerence is never a good way to do things. Especially with folks with nightclubs and guns, and the authority to use them. In those cases it is best to apply the implications of the “other side” of the ol’ “Barking dogs never bite” axiom.
“Gates problem was not what he said, it was the accompanying conduct and the way it was said that got him into trouble. Belligerence is never a good way to do things. Especially with folks with nightclubs and guns, and the authority to use them. In those cases it is best to apply the implications of the “other side” of the ol’ “Barking dogs never bite” axiom.”
What specific act of his conduct was illegal? Be careful what you respond as no charges were filed.
If we need to be afraid of those government employees, civil servants, with guns and nightsticks, it is high time we immediately abolish that government force. Living is fear of government force has gotten completely out of control.