I used to be very proud of or freedom in the USA then I saw this:
From where I'm sitting it looks suspiciously like they carried this guy off and tasered him just because they didn't like what he had to say. Now I will admit there are a great many things I don't like myself and recently I have asked that people lable things appropriately so that I can ignore/avoid them (and lables make it easier for those who do like those things to find them faster), but no way would I ever advocate this sort of response!
From where I'm sitting it looks suspiciously like they carried this guy off and tasered him just because they didn't like what he had to say. Now I will admit there are a great many things I don't like myself and recently I have asked that people lable things appropriately so that I can ignore/avoid them (and lables make it easier for those who do like those things to find them faster), but no way would I ever advocate this sort of response!
- Current Mood:
shocked
Comments
I saw that footage on CNN durring my afternoon work-out; it's made me re-think a few things socially and politically. I agree with you - even if they didn't like what he said, th guys shouldn't have been treated like that. He wasn't getting violent; I could see tasering him if he had pulled a gun or a knife, but tasering an unarmed man just makes my blood boil. I thought "freedom of speach" meant defending the rights of a person to speak his/her mind frankly and without fear of repraisal, even if you don't agree with the sentiments/ideology being presented.