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Originally posted by lordjeebus
For those who think the practice of quarantining protesters from the public spaces where they wish to protest on the basis of their political position, I have some questions.
1. Would it be all right for the Secret Service to designate a county of Vermont as the free speech zone for the nation and demand that all who wish to protest the President's policies in public do so in that area? (those that support the President would still be allowed to demonstrate this support in any public area)
2. If not, why not? What is the difference, if it is all right to relocate protesters 1/3 of a mile from where they seek to be? Is it simply distance? If so, where do we draw the line? If not, what else is there?
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Allow me to clarify what I'm going for -- I'm addressing those who have said that freedom of speech is not infringed when someone is denied the right to speak in a particular place based on what they want to say, because they are still able to say what they want to say somewhere else.