True Colors!
Kudos to the Filmmaker!
Posted on 06/18/2014 4:55:15 PM PDT by Renfield
These are the sorts of folks I’m talking about when I say that the “hipster fascists” are the enemy of an open sourced society. Of course it is probably fair to say that not one person in this meeting room would identify themselves as a “fascist.” In fact as this was a gathering of American socialists they would likely jump up and down swearing that they weren’t fascists and that in fact they fought fascism and everything fascism stands for. — Well clearly, just watch their open minds at work in the video.
It has been my experience that many folks who fear a free press, who fear being recorded, fear it for a reason. If a meeting is public, in a public space, it is fair game. If a meeting is in someone’s living room it is not. This meeting happened in a public space.
But instead of carrying on, as one would do in a free society, these folks feared that what they had to say might get out. As such they shut down the whole meeting. Seems an odd disposition for people who presumably believe in grass roots “worker” solidarity. Just imagine how fun they’d be if they actually ran anything.
Cameras have limits. There are places where cameras should not go. But thank God cameras are as ubiquitous as they are. They do have the tendency to keep people honest. Looks like that was the case here.
Works with cops too.
Bump
fascism is just a train stop on the way to full-blown socialism. it just depends when people want to stop hiding what they’re really doing.
I closed my eyes at that thought and became unusually serene...
Video journalism at its best! I love young people with courage. And brains.
In California (believe it or not) we have what is known as the Brown Act, and meeting in someone's living room is most definitely a criminal act.
Definitely not OK.
As for public meetings, unless it is an executive session discussing public employee bargaining, or pending suits, etc., it must be a public meeting.
I would record a public meeting no problem. Miniature sensitive recorders are widely available, now.
True Colors!
Kudos to the Filmmaker!
We shouldn’t laugh. Each one of these people would put you in an oven without any remorse or hesitation.
Yep. I'm pinging the fellow who convinced me of that at an FR meet some years ago.
He’s right. I live in Cook County and every time I cut spending or reduce taxes or pay off bonds there’s a group that would like to put me in an oven. I’m not kidding. They’re true believers and would do anything for the cause.
That’s for governmental entities. This is not a governmental entity, it’s a club at a university. They chose to make it a public event when they decided to use the university’s space and announcements to publicize it, but they could have held a meeting at a private location, not being a governmental entity.
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