Hmmm, let me check my understanding, a man exercising his First Amendment right by peacefully protesting something he believes in, doesn't matter what it is.
A second man, not involved, on the other side of the road sprints across traffic and attacks the man exercising his right to peacefully protest.
The recommendation here is to not participate? He should not exercise his right to protest peacefully because someone might be nuts and attack him?
Forgive my French but that's bullshit.
It doesn't matter what he's protesting, even if you think it's stupid or offensive. Placing blame, even partially, on a man for exercising his right then defending himself from an unprovoked attack is tacitly supporting the "punishment by process" and should be abhorrent to all Americans.
A second man, not involved, on the other side of the road sprints across traffic and attacks the man exercising his right to peacefully protest.
The recommendation here is to not participate? He should not exercise his right to protest peacefully because someone might be nuts and attack him?
Forgive my French but that's bullshit.
It doesn't matter what he's protesting, even if you think it's stupid or offensive. Placing blame, even partially, on a man for exercising his right then defending himself from an unprovoked attack is tacitly supporting the "punishment by process" and should be abhorrent to all Americans.