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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs heckling say, Martin Luther King, the same as heckling the Phelps family?
For all those who are saying " it's hypocritical to oppose heckling Michelle Obama but support heckling (fill in the blank)", I think it's proper to consider the person being heckled, the reason for the interruption and the occasion.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)has to be aimed at someone that can actually carry out the action that you want.
To heckle someone just because you know it will make the news carries the very real risk that you'll be labeled nuts.
on edit: I have no problem with heckling but if you do it you better be ready for some blow-back.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts)Either one supports the notion of heckling, or one does not.
Those that support 'one sided heckling' can be seen on Faux Snooze, insulting all manner of minority & liberal groups but crying foul when a minority or liberal heckles them. I thought our side was better & more grown up than that. But apparently we want to be able to heckle those we dislike but not allow our 'heroes' to get heckled in return, just like them.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)we are not the same as "them". We stand for one set of values, they stand for another. Standing up for the right is not the same as standing up for the wrong. Now, both sides assume that they have the proper answers, but only one side can be correct.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)...not the same.
I would hate to have paid $500 expecting to listen to Michelle, only to get a personal with an unrelated personal agenda hijack the private affair.
bad comparison imho
MLK and Phelps being heckled are similar...but not similar to what happened to Michelle
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)is either a right as outlined by the Constitution and the Supreme Court or not, period.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)That is completely irrelevant to Constitutionally protected political speech.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)in all 50 States over a period of many years before any non gay organization stood to oppose them in anyway. They watched us be attacked for years and did nothing.
Also, heckling is a word that does not mean 'to interrupt a speaker' it means to do so with derision and disagreement, to interrupt a political speech to ask political questions is not heckling. When Wilson shouted 'You lie' that is Heckle Classic, as is 'You Suck'.
So heckling the Phelps family, no one did that but gay folks until they went after Vets. That is a fact to ponder when asking why others are being rude to the straight folks. When Phelps heckled us at every event, where was FLOTUS, were were the defenders of good taste? The 'interruption is never right' crowd did not show up to keep Phelps from interrupting so many funerals I can't count them.
So, perspective and all.