Posted on 10/18/2017 11:10:19 AM PDT by C19fan
Anyone within a mile of libertarianism on the political spectrum will dry-heave upon reading this but I admire the cunning behind his pander. Moore could have gone with a tried-and-true call to arrest all flag-burners, as there’s a large audience receptive to that argument within the GOP, but it wouldn’t have been topical. Nationalists would appreciate it but it’d have no bite. Suggesting that the Kaepernicks of the world are guilty of a federal offense while the debate over NFL anthem protests is raging, though?
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Get back to me when it says “SHALL”.
“The absolutely do not have a right to protest on their employer’s time. “
They ABSOLUTELY DO have that right. And it is just as absolute as the employers right to fire them for it.
The operative word in Section (b)(1)(C) is “should”, they are not breaking the law. The players are ungrateful jerks but they are not compelled by law to show respect, at least not in the citation your have provided.
The legal usage of these terms is different from Software Standard usage of years ago, where a “should” was essentially a “must”, and “may”/”should” were optional. With a slight variation between “may” and “should” - should is recommended, while may is giving an option to do, without any particular comment on doing it.
There’s no law there to comply with.
If they ever change it to SHALL, that would be law — unjust, unconstitutional, and unworthy of free people — and at that point I too would be defying it.
Sorry.
# 49 gdani wrote ~~~
He said that? Unimaginable! Can you post a link for context?
Right here - http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/09/14/roy-moore-911-punishment-u-s-turning-away-god/
Whaaa?
I hope the cops don’t find out that I broke the law by not making make a pilgrimage on January 13.
36 U.S. Code § 140 - Stephen Foster Memorial Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating January 13 as Stephen Foster Memorial Day; and
(2) calling on the people of the United States to observe Stephen Foster Memorial Day with appropriate ceremonies, pilgrimages to his shrines, and musical programs featuring his compositions.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/140
should is not compulsory in law. I am not defending anyone. I have stood for the National Anthem of our Nation since is was 5 years old. I saluted our flag since the first day in the first grade when we swore the pledge of allegiance. I personally think what these people is doing is stupid, asinine, and just plain fucked up, but this is America, they have a legal right to sit out the Anthem, and the Pledge.
Media is already sitting around planing all the gotcha abortion questions, trying to trap Moore into saying anything they can use to blow up his campaign. He seems like a much smarter man than Akin, but as a relative political novice, it can be easy to walk into media traps.
I am bothered that a Judge would make a comment like he did but you are off base as well. The players are in an employment roll on the field. The Constitutional limitations on Congress making laws restricting freedom of speech don't apply in this instance. If the NFL wanted to fire or penalize they are within their rights.
Rights arguments are largely like genitalia comparisons. Often not appropriate for the situation and so much chest puffing.
Where any Florida "duty to retreat" comes in when the issue down there is the Castle Doctrine which holds to the contrary, I do not know.
Bannon as an individual is fine but the Breitbart News attitude of hyped crisis is no way to compose campaign statements would be my advice to Moore.
Your ignorance is showing. They are in violation of the law when they take a knee. There may be no official punishment for this act of disrespect, but it is a violation of the law.
Agree....easy for a novice to fall in the trap. We need strong conservatives in the senate but not ones that shoot their mouths off
A liar and Uniparty Anomous Fraud Blogger hack is obviously the spreading the Karl Rove and Uniparty
Smear lies and smear research data on Moore .
They want to Defeat Bannon and Aakahidiot is a well know Uniparty fraud
Posters here are falling for it and spreading the Spin of the D.C. Uniparty .
It's interesting to see really works for the D.C. Uniparty and posts here .
One only has a right to speech in public places or on their property, not on someone else's property.
Do you work for Rove and his merry band of Moore haters in DC ?
Your real excited to spread Allahidiot a Uniparty bloggers smears.
It’s pretty to see the Rove and Mitch’s organized smears attacks are getting spread here so eagerly and it’s so oddly organized .
Interesting to watch the astroturfing here by the Uniparty posters .
Moore scare them the so they want a Dem .
Someone put him on the phone with Bannon.
DO NOT go full Todd Akin
I am glad he won the primary. But let’s make sure the damn fool doesn’t lose the general
Technically, this is absolutely ... TRUE.
From https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301 :
While the national anthem is being played, people “should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart.”
It is the law. If it shouldn’t be the law, it should be repealed. Personally, I don’t think it should be a law.
I believe the word "should" indicates a "moral obligation".
So the law says that everybody not in uniform has a moral obligation.
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