There's a very old saying, "You Can’t Yell ‘Wolf’ In A Crowded Theater". Well, let
me tell you, I agree with that 100%! And, furthermore...
Never mind!
Posted on 08/24/2017 1:08:33 PM PDT by simpson96
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appeared confused in an interview this week about what kind of speech is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
“The Constitution does not say that a person can shout…yell ‘wolf’ in a crowded theater. If you are endangering people, then you don’t have a constitutional right to do that,” Pelosi said in an interview on Wednesday with San Francisco TV station KRON.
The Democrat seemingly meant to paraphrase an opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in the landmark free speech case, Schenck v. United States (1919).
“The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic,” Holmes wrote in his opinion.
Pelosi offered up the mixed metaphor after being asked about a request she made with the National Park Service to deny a permit to Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group that has plans to hold a rally at San Francisco’s Crissy Field this weekend.
The National Park Service initially withheld the permit until Patriot Prayer’s organizers agreed to certain conditions aimed at limiting the risk of violence at the event.
“My hope is the park service would not allow these elements to use a national park to spew forth their venom,” Pelosi said in the interview.
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BOL!
The best BOL of many replies.
Can you yell “Fire!” at a crowded riot?
Speaking of riots and yelling! Enjoy this!
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43Quhw0yfw
It paid for admission just like everybody else!
Pelosi: “Don’t count your cards before they hatch!”
Does this rule or law apply to all potentially dangerous wild animals, or just wolves? Because if it were only wolves being targeted, that would be soo unfair to them.
You can yell”wolf” anywhere if there really is a wolf.
A wolf of beauty is a thing forever.
“Resist we much”!
“What’s good for the goose is good for the hen.”
It will only get worse as time goes on.
I watched the video and didn’t see the “reporter” even flinch. I also saw Joe Biden in 2008, state that when the Stock Market crashed “Pres. Roosevelt went on TV to address the nation,” and not even a flicker of doubt crossed the empty head of the “reporter” who might have been Katie Couric.
If Trump ever said anything like “cry wolf” or “Pres Roosevelt went on TV” it would be played in a loop for days on end.
Our President faces these idiots and their tools EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Nancy is such a JOKER in the theater.
Oh what a feeling, like a rock.
There's a very old saying, "You Can’t Yell ‘Wolf’ In A Crowded Theater". Well, let
me tell you, I agree with that 100%! And, furthermore...
Never mind!
The protester? He can now put on a dress for Obama - or does that make him Michael?
Ha! I was just thinking of that!
What? I yell “wolf” in a crowded theater every chance I get.
She's sorta like Lisa Douglas from Green Acres. But Lisa was from Hungary, so she at least had an excuse for twisting popular American sayings.
Yell “wolf” in a crowded theater? That’s just silly. We don’t even have any wolves around here. We do have coyotes, and if I ever see one in the theater, I’m gonna yell.
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