Comments on: This is how it went down

By: Galen Rice

Galen Rice — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:51:45 +0000

Those who call on others to move out of their country because they don’t like the way they think, please be quiet, that’s not the American way, you’re dividing our society.

By: Colin

Colin — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:05:51 +0000

Those who agree with the cops, please move out of the USA, we don’t want you here, you’re breaking our country.

By: Marnee

Marnee — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:43:04 +0000

Interesting. The dancing, if you can call it that, was simply some gentle moving about, not unlike the walking going on. I don’t see any reason why this would provoke any response from the guards. The evidence speaks for itself.

Next time a choreographed ballroom dance would be more fun and interesting.

Long Live Lady Liberty

By: PeeJay

PeeJay — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:08:10 +0000

I could not be more offended by the remark “if a cop tells you to do something, DO IT…” The essence of a free society is limits on the authority of the state. The United States was founded on this principle. Jefferson opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts because they gave too much power to the government. There may at times be legitimate debate about the limits of state power, but “do what the cops tell you” is just infantile.

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Wow. « Free the Jefferson 1 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:53:27 +0000

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By: yugwen

yugwen — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:04:53 +0000

We don’t know the whole story, so what’s the point of getting upset over it and calling our nation a whole bunch of things? The US is a HUUUUGE place, and this is an isolated incident for crying out loud. How many decent, hard working cops just got slandered by the posts in here?

Stop acting like spoiled brats who aren’t getting their way. If a cop tells you to do something, DO IT. Once we stop respecting authority, the whole system is broken. Civil disobedience is still disobedience no matter how you spin it.

By: Revolution

Revolution — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:44:19 +0000

Where’s Adolf Hitler? This country is becoming another Nazi Germany. We need to take back our country from the corrupt government that has taken over. Our Constitution states we have the OBLIGATION TO REMOVE A TYRANICAL GOVERNMENT!! Time to do so!!

By: rEVOLutionary

rEVOLutionary — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:07:40 +0000

This is typical of what our world has come to. We have to stop this nonsense!

No one NO ONE has the right to tell us what we can do with our body, our voice, our actions unless you are going to harm yourself or someone else.

Leave people the fuck alone and let them act like children and dance. Where is the crime?

By: Rik

Rik — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:31:22 +0000

Look, regardless of whether or not their behavior was APPRECIATED or not, it’s a question of whether it was CONSTITUTIONAL. Which, indeed, it was. The police could’ve been personally against it. That’s entirely true. But these same police had absolutely NO RIGHT to abuse their power, making an ARREST for reasons they made up. It would’ve been perfectly acceptable for a citizen to be dissatisfied. It would’ve been fine, even, for that same citizen to tell the group to leave. But, in that case, it would’ve been equally fine for the group to extend a certain metaphorical finger towards said citizen, because no matter how childish, they WEREN’T DOING ANYTHING WRONG. And I do wholeheartedly suggest that anyone that believes otherwise should take another look at our constitution, and try to disprove me.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:21:44 +0000

Why don’t you have respect for others visiting the memorial? Then you act all huffy when told to stop acting like a child in public. Don’t puff out your chest and talk about Jefferson to defend this infantile behavior – people like you are what makes others lose liberty.