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In reply to the discussion: Eff you Joe Scum [View all]Lonestarblue
(10,497 posts)2. If today's Republicans had been around in 1763, they would have called the Boston Tea Partiers woke and arrested them.
After which, they would have executed them for treason against England! The members of the Boston Tea Party caused a lot of monetary damage by dumping tea in the harbor, but their actions got the attention of the government in England. Our country was literally founded on protests, and the Founders wisely protected protests with the First Amendment. Most of these protests were peaceful until the police and National Guard arrived with all the riot gear and guns they could carry. Yes, they have been some agitators, but shutting down the right to protest is wrong.
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If today's Republicans had been around in 1763, they would have called the Boston Tea Partiers woke and arrested them.
Lonestarblue
May 2
#2
Not if they are taking over buildings, vandalizing property, and illegal assembly. The chancellor of UCLA
JohnSJ
May 2
#3
The entire situation is devastating. Behind the scenes there is an active attempt for a cease fire and more to
JohnSJ
May 2
#11
Unfortunately, their free speech is terrorizing a whole generation of American Jews
elias7
May 2
#18
I got involved in a Jewish Democratic group to see how they were feeling about all this.
LeftInTX
May 2
#29