[fellowpatriot]

Read the report in post 7 to see what actually happened. These guys didn't get thrown out for their t-shirts though that's the way the media portrays it.

[grasshopper2]

Read the report in post 7 to see what actually happened

According to the security guard's report, a "customer reported that these two gentlemen were having a VERBAL [emphasis mine] dispute with another group."

Okay, so the two men, a father and son, aged 50 and 30 were discussing public policy in the mall. Did the woman report a disturbance? Where the men drunken? Were they pushing and shoving? Shouting? Engaged in public lewdness? Were they using profane language? No - the woman reported that she was "afraid" about what it could "lead" to. DO you see the danger of this?

What if some people wearing an "abortion stops a beating heart" started discussing abortion with some pro-choice people in the mall? Should the mere discussion of abortion be banned?

Should the mere discussion of any political issue be banned?

Should Free Republic be banned?

How can anybody seriously agree that the mall owner was justified in expelling people simply for expressing a political opinion?

What would Patrick Henry say?

[Station 51]

The document makes no reference to who may have started the 'verbal dispute.' It very well could have been that a mall customer started the argument by saying something to the effect "If you like Saddam so much, why don't you move to Iraq!" But since the cop & mall security guard did not provide details of who started the argument we will never know.

[Cboldt]

If they were thrown out for assault (which does not require physical contact), why bother saying anything about their shirts? I don't care what you are wearing, but I do care if you are assaulting me. I want the right to be able to make you (figurative "you") stop talking to me.