05-10-2022, 01:44 PM
(05-10-2022, 01:18 PM)hollodero Wrote: Yeah as I tried to make clear, I am not disputing said indisputable issue. Rallying in front of someone's private home is at the very least a shitty move aiming at intimidation and fear. Maybe it should be or is a crime. I just don't know (and am the wrong person to determine that) how that fares against the right to freely assemble and freedom of speech.
Yeah, I knew that and apologies if my post came off as accusatory in that regard. As Bel and I have discussed in great detail, while we both find protesting outside a person's private residence abhorrent it is absolutely protected speech. As long as it's on public property, that is. My question becomes whether Barr is right that this falls under a law outlawing doing so to judges in a way already discussed.
Quote:I admittedly do not trust Barr in that or any other matter though. He is a right-wing ideologue that imho appears to believe that the left has an inherently wrong worldview and that the law should be interpreted under that lens.
Yes, hence my disclaimer about him in my post. I'm sure he didn't make the law up out of thin air, it almost certainly exists. The question then becomes whether the current protests fall under its auspices.
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At last, I feel the urge to denounce comparing the justice department with Brown shirts (should have done so before), but that's just a sidenote really and for sure not aimed at you. I pack it in anyways since you expressed a similar stance regarding Nazi comparisons.
Yes, I missed that as well. I loathe Nazi comparisons as a general rule. They should only be used when the person, or group, in question is literally spouting Nazi ideology. It's far too charged an allegation to be made otherwise.
