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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/03/02/134194791/supreme-court-sides-with-westboro-church-on-funeral-protests https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-wa

• mc32 4y ago
  I mean, the WBC is a well known agitator and not representative of people or even protestors at large. In any case, I contend it's in extremely poor taste and does not help further the cause, and actively creates antipathy.
  • mattnewton 4y ago
    Sure, but talking about the effectiveness of the protest tactic is totally different than whether or not the state should arrest and imprison you for protesting that way.
    • mc32 4y ago
      Other than maths and physics, there is no natural law that says this and that are so and right. People make the laws amd they are not Americans and don't observe our laws. ASBOs were repealed in England but not Scotland; in England they were replaced by new laws (targeting economically disruptive protests, I guess).
    • azernik 4y ago
      United States absolutism about freedom of speech is unusual, even among "Western" democracies.