2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I hate protestors. it's so....unAmerican [View all]Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)People here are, I think, simply protesting the shouting down of speakersany and all speakers whether they "deserve it" or not. Including those intoning a prayer or discussing civil rights. We are also protesting the intent of these busters to keep us from listening to these speeches and making up our own minds about them. Which means, we're protesting them trying to censor and shut up speakers.
And, frankly, why do THEY get to demonize anyone and everyone who speaks or is in favor of Clinton...but no one is allowed to do the same to them?
Look. Expressing our disagreement with what they're doing is not in any way the same as spraying them with firehoses or beating them up or jailing them. Even using the word "Demonize" for these rants against the busters is, I think, going too far. Expressing anger and annoyance at someone keeping you from hearing what you want to hear is, I think, justified protest. Along the lines of protesting any kind of censorship. Which this is. They are the ones trying to shut people up.