>>“like virtually all of the law nowadays in America, is/will-be applied not uniformly but selectively and, arguably, on capricious & petty governmental whim.”
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>Sure it is. I just take umbrage when anybody tries to suggest that the KKK in anyway relates to conservatives.
Ah, then it was just an innocent/honest misunderstanding.
>I’d rather prove your point by poking Richard Trumka in the snoot, actually.
I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t be covered under ‘free speech’ but would be considered assault.
The illustration I used is better in that it isolates the entirety of the issue the USSC ruled on in such a way so as to make violations of said ruling patently obvious.
My personal exerience with unions as a foreman were that assault and property damage were par for the course for them. Their idea of “self-expression.” I was actually told that by a NLRB investigator. So, I already know what taking a swing at Trumka would bring about: the full double standard brought into play juat as in any other beef between left and right or labor and management.
I recall some examples of lefty rough stuff coming out of Wisconsin. Even a vulgar death threat. I didn’t see anybody being arrested or even questioned by the authorities, did you?