He may be "notoriously" evil...but that is no excuse for the pending persecution/prosecution for this incident. That makes as much sense as saying that the innocent Branch Davidian woman and children "deserved" to be incinerated by Reno and company just because they were "odd."
Last I checked, we still had freedom of speech in this country, unless of course you espouse Christianity or guns, or anything anti-homo or anti-liberal, in which case you will be sued out of existence, incarcerated or outright murdered.
And my muskets are always clean... ;)
I probably would agree with that, if I heard both sides fairly. That's not the point. FreeRepublic has to pick its spots. Yes, it sucks when people get railroaded, even bad people. But then why don't we make Manuel Noriega our cause celebre? Or David Duke? It's because there are enough injustices against good people to occupy all of our time and money...notwithstanding the fact that they don't occupy much of our time or money at all.
For all the positive messages FreeRepublic can send, do we really want to spend much time chanting the "GOD HATES FAGS" mantra?
Freedom of speech does not give one the right to disrupt someone else's gathering. From what the prosecutor is saying, the guy tried to rush the stage and then would not leave when asked.
Granted, that is the Philly prosecutor's office, which has a checkered history, but I'll wait for more evidence before I see what's going on. So far, my instincts tell me the entire story is not being told here.