I'm glad you're safe.
Free speech zones are a wonderful opportunity for civil disobedience. The next time I'm protesting at a major event, if I am escorted to a free speech zone, expect me to move out of that zone and sit. Expect others to do the same. The act of sitting does two things: it demonstrates an unwillingness to be moved and it demonstrates that we are absolutely not violent and can't be painted as such. I won't fight back when they grab me to either pretend to arrest me or toss me back in the free speech zone, I'll just attempt to peacefully and passively move back to my sitting position outside of the free speech zone.
They're unconstitutional and should be treated as such.
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