Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: demosthenes the elder
There is a difference between Freedom of Association and actual association. The right is great, but their choice seems poor.

I have Freedom of Speech. It's still stupid for me to go walking through Wal Marts yelling insults at everyone I see wearing purple shirts because I don't like the color purple.
136 posted on 05/01/2003 1:00:06 PM PDT by sharktrager
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies ]


To: sharktrager
Interesting analogy, but flawed.
Yelling insults is not merely free speech, it is in many jurisdictions a form of assault and illegal.

Here's a mod of your analogy: A mall in Maine banned the wearing of anti-war/anti-Bush apparel on their property. Two people deliberately defied that rule. They were told to remove the shirts or remove themselves from the property. They refused to do either. They were arrested for tresspass.
Was that wrong?
140 posted on 05/01/2003 1:05:08 PM PDT by demosthenes the elder (If *I* can afford $5/month to support FR: SO CAN YOU)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 136 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson