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Originally Posted by dirty LOL at the Free Speach Reference....... 
I am about to piss myself with laughter.....UNreal........How yall hate Bush
Kinda like yelling Fire in a Movie theater when there is not one.......Sure it is not Free Speech But there is a time and place for Everything... 
But go ahead and make it out to where our Freedom's are getting Trampled becuase One Crazy woman got kicked out of the State of the Union Address....Typical lefist Bullshit Crying......  |
First of all, I am not a leftist, far from it, I am very conservative. I already brought up the "fire in the movie theater" analogy and why this was different when I discussed this issue with my friend last night.
Her shirt was not disruptive and would not cause a panic or any threat to public safety. Yes, it sent a message that the party in power did not want to see, and one that the establishment on both sides may have deemed inappropriate. But it wasn't obscene or libelous by any standards, just something some didn't like to hear.
If a Bush supporter had a shirt that said "W #1" or "I love W" they would probably not have been thrown out, and if they were, nowhere near as quickly. Lots of people make political statements at the event. Have you seen how many people wear those stupid flags on their lapels? Have you noticed they have been getting bigger lately, a way of saying I'm a bigger and better American than you?
The State of the Union is joke, its time has passed. It has become nothing more than a ra rah session for the party in power.
I don't know what the case law is on attire and dress code at a government function. I can understand if you wore a shirt to a football game that they could ask you to leave since it is a private event. But this was an event in the People's House. Should the first amendment stop at the door? What if every war opponent, including Congressmen and women, wore a lapel pin with just a number, 2,245, on it, would that be allowed? As a conservative, I don't want some government bureaucrat or panel drawing that line.