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posted by janrinok on Sunday June 24 2018, @05:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the fetch-the-popcorn dept.

From Raw Story

The National Park Service has approved an application for a year anniversary commemoration of Charlottesville's violent white supremacist rally to be held in Washington, DC.

DC's WUSA9 reported that NPS approved the application but has not yet issued permits for the rally set to be held at Lafayette Square, a seven-acre park just north of the White House. The event is to be organized by Jason Kessler, the organizer of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was hit and killed by an alleged white supremacist.

"This year we have a new purpose," Kessler said, discussing the upcoming rally. "That's to talk about the civil rights abuse that happened in Charlottesville, Virginia last year."

Kessler claimed it wasn't his fault that "that stuff happened," and said that in the months since the rally ostensibly intended to "defend" a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, "white civil rights" have taken a hit.

"We're not able to peacefully assemble. We're not able to speak," he told WUSA. "I keep telling people if your right to rally and your right to protest means that someone else's life might be in danger, then it is no longer free speech but it is hate speech."


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 25 2018, @02:45AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 25 2018, @02:45AM (#697916) Journal

    In an actual adult world, people say whatever the hell crosses their mind. Listeners try to keep up, and sometimes question what the other adult said. Discussion ensues. No one walks around on tippy toes, hoping not to break any eggs. I notice that some person has a complexion that perfectly matches his car - I'm not permitted to comment on that? Doesn't matter whether the person is off-white or milky brown, or shiny black - it is worthy of notice that his/her car is the same color as his skin. After all, he SHOPPED that car for a reason!

    I've never seen a car the same color that I am, unless it had been driven hundreds of miles on salted snow covered roads.

    Clothing. EVERY_WOMAN_IN_THE_WORLD shops for clothing that complements her own color. I'm not supposed to notice any of that? Or, I'm only supposed to notice if she is a WHITE_WOMAN? But, then, that's sexist, right?

    How about we get one of the amendments amended? You have the right to be offended - you have the right to get over it. You have no right to bother me with your being offended.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 26 2018, @12:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 26 2018, @12:16AM (#698467)

    Because most of the time when such comparisons are made the person has a prejudice against that skin color which is WHY they find it "worthy of notice".

    *most* of the time

    You're just pushing some sort of "muh oppression" complex PRECISELY because can't figure out your own advice: "You have the right to be offended - you have the right to get over it"

    Did someone pull a gun on you and tell you to apologize? Did you spend a night in the drunk tank for being an ass that just made a bad joke?

    No? That's what I thought Mr. Snowman.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday June 26 2018, @01:12AM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 26 2018, @01:12AM (#698507) Journal

      No, you're the authoritarian here. You want to tell everyone, "You can't say that!" You want free speech that you approve of.