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Originally Posted by ratbastid
The problem is, this group dances on the line between protest and harassment. This civil penalty expresses the opinion of the jury that what happened was harassment. I think turning that into "Oh my god we can't protest anymore" in the OP is vastly overstating what has happened here.
If you really want to talk about the curtailment of the constitutional right to free speech and freedom to protest, let's talk about the arrests of protestors at the RNC in 2004, or the sudden appearance of chain-link "Free Speech Zones" at Bush appearances.
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You seem to forget the same thing happened at the DNC
"Free Speech Zones"
Edit: I'll add in 1999 the DNC was only about half a mile from me, and we saw a lot of protesters, mostly because they were not allowed closer.