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YBMExile t1_jaw0yzm wrote

Reply to comment by opuntina in Men accused of violating NH Civil Rights Act appear in court by Geek-Haven888

Not “everyone”. I think we can thwart literal white supremacy nazis with the legal process. Seems the very least we can do.

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jdkeith t1_jb0xb2i wrote

Punishing the content of a message is not a road anyone who gives a shit about freedom of speech wants to go down.

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YBMExile t1_jb1bsyn wrote

They are being punished for violating the NH Civil Rights Act.

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jdkeith t1_jb1haaf wrote

Correct, but that’s punishing the content of a message, which is “bad.”

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opuntina t1_jaw2mfd wrote

That's not how precedent works though....

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YBMExile t1_jawje5k wrote

Does anyone go around hanging signs on overpasses thinking “yes, this is perfectly legal in within my rights”? I don’t think so. They do it anyway. And if someone wants to make a stink about it, they will. If I happened upon that banner and decided to take it down, I know I might be wrong in “precedent”, but I could face the music. Or if I happened upon it and decided to cover it with a BLM or Pride or NH Fisher Cats Banner, I might do it and feel justified, but I might have to face the music for that, too. That’s life in public.

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jdkeith t1_jb0xe2h wrote

Yes, they should face the penalty that anyone hanging ANY sign off the overpass would face. Not a special penalty for the content of the sign.

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YBMExile t1_jb1bc58 wrote

The NH Civil Rights Act would disagree.

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jdkeith t1_jb1gzmo wrote

Correct. But that law, or portions of it, is bad in my view.

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anotherposter76 t1_jay5gfk wrote

Yup you’re right the law must be applied equally, obviously. These people are just fueled by emotion and don’t think of the consequences

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anotherposter76 t1_jay5hd7 wrote

Yup you’re right the law must be applied equally, obviously. These people are just fueled by emotion and don’t think of the consequences

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