Posted on 11/11/2016 10:02:59 AM PST by Sir Napsalot
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren talks with Rachel Maddow about the election of Donald Trump, what non-Trump voters can do to assuage their despair, and the path forward for Democrats.
Transcript, via MSNBC: (snip)
MADDOW: "..... People are very, very upset. And I keep hearing, you can't move to Canada, you can't go into your shell, you can't be despondent, you have to fight. But fight how?WARREN: " ..... his entire campaign was fueled on racism and bigotry, attacks on women, attacks on African-Americans, attacks on Latinos, attacks on Muslims, attacks on people who were disabled. I mean, it was one attack after another.
And that means we have to think about what this means for America and where we go forward right now. .... that Donald Trump brought a kind of bigotry to the fore that we've never seen so publicly in our politics or at least not in a very, very, very long time.
(snip)
Warren: "Look, people are upset and they're right to be upset. This is our country, and people have a right to have their voices heard. ....
We have a right to be heard, but we also have an obligation to listen. You know, part of what happened on Tuesday is what Donald Trump offered up with this kind of toxic stew of bigotry, but there were millions of people across this country who voted for him not because of that bigotry but in spite of that bigotry.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Obama to GOP: ‘I won’
Yes, we do. Don't ever forget you said that next time you want to silence AGW skeptics.
What are they protesting anyway? You would only protest an election if you felt one side cheated, like having illegal aliens vote
You had your voice Tuesday. Now move to North Korea.
This isn’t about free speech, Squaw Pale Face.
“Look, people are upset and they’re right to be upset. This is our country, and people have a right to have their voices heard. .... “
Funny coming from the left.
The whole point of political correctness was to silence any opposition to the forced shift to the left.
The full force of the government as well as the media came down on anyone that expressed a view different then what the left considered acceptable.
Careers were ruin over simple remarks, business destroyed if the owner would not bow down to the state religion of TOLERANCE.
Word to the left, we are not going to silence you. Your speech (ideas and opinions) are protected. However, roaming mobs attacking others, blocking traffic, burning down buildings is contrary to what you may think, is not speech and you can expect consequences.
I thought that's what we did on Tuesday.
-PJ
You can make your voices heard. Post on twitter, or D/U. Or, if you want a debate have it on Reddit, or here, if you can stand the whithering firestorm.
Certainly the right to assemble peacefully is guaranteed by the Constitution. If that were what these “protestors” actually were doing, then nobody would have an issue. You can disagree with Trump and his policies all you want. You can go out and hold rallies and make speeches to try to convince others to join you in that opposition. What you cannot do is engage in violent or disruptive behavior. You have the right to hold your rally; others have the right to ignore you and go about their business unharmed and unmolested. When you start blocking streets, beating up Trump supporters, and vandalizing property, you have violated the rights of those who don’t agree with your point of view (or who are indifferent) and you must be stopped.
Rhetorical question but...Why do talking heads avoid mentioning the rights of those who ate hampered by these protest?
Mobs do not have the right to block traffic. Mobs do not have the right to block businesses from operating. Mobs do not have the right to trap individuals in their dwelling places. Mobs do not have the right to impede on another’s rights etc...
No. They are ruled by Soros and Podesta.
/rioting?does not establish a ceiling over the rights of the people. Rather, as
- Amendment 1:
- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
makes plain, it is to be understood only as a floor under our rights.
- Amendment 9:
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
But even at that,
is a bridge too far. There is no right to disturb the peace. Nor to induce others to do so. Which I hope Mr. Soros will learn to his cost.
Poca might want to send out some smoke signals.
Lol, are hampered. Should write horizontally
I can’t stand her. Hopefully she is gone in 2018. Truly awful.
Beyond anarchist. They are fascist thugs.
Elections have consequences, so suck it up, buttercups.
These riots are a CPUSA front operation , domestic enemy subversives
Warren is a com symp, hang her from a tree.
No ma’am - no one has the right to be heard. We all have the right to speak, and we have the right to print, and we have the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government - but no one has the right to require me to listen. Let alone agree.
Lieawatha is on the Warpath.
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