Posted on 08/10/2009 9:08:57 AM PDT by NetRight Nation
“We don’t want interacting,” said the police officer, to the shock of the conservative activist holding the camera. She was in Baton Rouge, LA, filming a demonstration by ACORN in favor of Barack Obama’s proposed government-run health care. And what she had just witnessed, as the officer led the offending man away who had dared speak to the activist, was nothing short of the disruption of free speech, of the press, and of the right to assemble—by the police.
As reported by the Examiner, “Things took a surprising and dangerous turn when a police officer, clearly sympathetic to the ACORN rally, attempts to shut down the opposition. At one point, during a very civil discussion between an opponent and a supporter of the president’s plan, the police officer returned and actually told the individuals opposing the president’s plan they were not allowed to speak. The man in blue shirt, a supporter of the president’s plan, later returns and attempts to defend the free speech rights of the counter protesters.”
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So some leftists still believe in freedom of speech for all. I'm impressed. I'm sure the DNC will set him straight.
Get names and badge #’s.....then call the Chief of Police and the local news station.
The Rise of the Obama Police State will be met buy the New Continental Army of real Americans.
In LA, cops are generally people from within their local community. That cop was probably kin to some of the protesters.
Response: A vanquished people must obey the conquerors police authority. Get used to it!
That's why I never understood the strange unwillingness here to support a citizen's free speech right to argue with (and be verbally rude to) a police officer in the Gates case.
WE’RE PAYING ACORN salaries with taxpayer dollars. They hire the unemployed ( rent a crowd) to break up our ability to communicate with each other - and to make it look like they out number us. High level people - those who speak well cost more than union goons - and this is a technique they use. If you see it happening in a meeting - note it - tell a reporter ( they won’t care but maybe they’ll feel some shame)...
Here’s the trick dems use so they only have to hire 4 “high pay grade” goons for each meeting.
Dems use the following technique at “townhall meetings” - be prepared...
...the Diamond Techniques is designed to convince the group that as few as four people represent the majority. Here is the strategy:
1. Plan ahead of time what action you want the group to take: nominate or oppose a candidate, support or oppose an issue, heckle a speaker, or whatever. Everyone on your team must know exactly what they are going to do, including contingency plans.
2. Team members should arrive at the meeting separately and never congregate together.
3. Team players should arrive early enough to take seats around the outside of the assembly area, roughly in the shape of a diamond. They must not sit together.
4. The object of the tactic is place your people around the perimeter of the audience so that, when they begin to take action, those in the center will have to do a lot of head turning to see them – to the right, then the left, then the rear of the room, then the front, etc. The more they turn their heads, the greater the illusion of being surrounded by people in agreement with each other, and the more they will be convinced that these people represent the majority opinion.
I have seen this tactic used by collectivists at numerous public meetings over the years, and I have participated in it myself on several occasions when confronting collectivists in their own tightly held organizations. It works. The only way to thwart the Diamond Tactic is to always be prepared to match it with your own team.
Never take a meeting for granted, especially if something important is scheduled to transpire, such as nomination of officers.
Even a simple gathering to hear an important speaker can turn into a nightmare if opponents send in hecklers.
So, always plan for the worst and be prepared to spring into action with comments from the floor such as: “I want to make it clear that these people do not speak for me. I am in total opposition to what they stand for. In fact, I would like to ask them to identify themselves. Who are you? Why did you come to this meeting? What is your agenda?”
If comments such as this are heard from three or four people around the outside of the room, the meeting will be very exciting, but the tactic will be defused.
Agreed...but then let’s be at least consistent Next time a citizen we don’t like (Henry Gates) exercises his free speech right to argue with a cop let’s not automatically take the cop’s side!
The crucial difference being Gates is a member of the conquering people. We the people being conquered can only express resentment.
In putting forth this double standard you are only helping Obama. If we aren't willing to defend the free speech rights of people we hate, we will have no crediblity in defending our own rights. In taking this position you are showing yourself to be Obama's best friend.
There are some who won’t believe Obama won’t create havoc to silence critics has forgoten, Stanley Kurtz, Chicago Annenberg Challange, WGN and the Milt Rosenberg show.”Obama’s Past Actions was A Prelude To Chaos”
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