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dkran t1_it86cpc wrote

Reply to comment by AKMarine in ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel | Arkansas by Im__Bruce_Wayne__AMA

Yeah, because the US government lets us protest so peacefully… rolls eyes

I get it that you can protest in a much more pronounced way than many countries, but I definitely think the right to protest in the US has been dying since the 90s. Look at the laws desantis passed in Florida…

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screech_owl_kachina t1_it89rd0 wrote

If armed police show up to intimidate you into stopping, if not physically intervening to stop you, pretty much any time you have a protest for a non-right wing cause, do you actually have the right to assemble?

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dkran t1_it89uw1 wrote

spins back time to Kent State

Edit: you’re totally right that it’s only been non right wing riots. UCLA, Kent state, Vietnam war in general, Occupy Wall Street, Rodney King, George Floyd…

Then we have Jan 6th.

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screech_owl_kachina t1_it8a7b4 wrote

Two years ago cops were gassing people so much they ran out of gas and shot journalists in the face and destroyed medical supplies. Don't even need to go back to the 60s.

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dkran t1_it8ab4u wrote

I remember. I edited my post to reflect your viewpoint too..

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