Posted by
Dave on Friday, February 08, 2008 12:37:42 PM
What is it with the warped sense of entitlement that some people have to think that their "Rights" trump other people's rights?
You have a right to do and say just about anything you want. However, it does not mean that someone has to listen to you. It also does not mean that if someone does bother to listen to your point of view that the they have to remain silent.
Our "Rights" as enumerated in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are NOT absolute. Concerning Free Speech you "can" stand up in a crowed theater and yell FIRE. But you will be held accountable for exercising your First Amendment Rights because your right is infringing on other's Rights.
That brings me to Code Pink and the City Council of the People's Republic of Bezerkley.
The City Council writes a letter telling the Marine's they are unwelcome intruders in their fair city (but illegal immigrants are welcome guests) . Fine. More power to 'em. They also went a step further and passed "legislation" supporting one private groups opinion over other private groups. But they are now discovering that others are able exercise their Free Speech Rigths too.
Code Pink, the private group given preference over other protest/counter-protest groups with the City Council awarding them free use of a public parking space, are also laboring under a warped sense of entitlement.
I loved the quote of the strangely named Code Pinker "Xanne Joi" when she displayed her ignorance and inflated sense of entitlement.
"I was under the impression that we have the right of free speech...To me, I thought free speech meant you get to say what you want without recrimination."
No Xanne. You don't. I can only guess what your grades were in High School Civics.
You can spout off your nonsensical kumbaya poetry as much as you want and where you want - so long as your doing so does not infringe on other's rights. But you seem to fail to grasp that others also have the right to espouse a point of view that you disagree with.
When the goons in the white sheets wanted to march through a Black neighborhood to demonstrate their hate, intolerance and ignorance they applied for a permit. As vile as those KKK followers are the City gave them one. But did the City take sides and stop others from gathering along the sides of the march to voice their displeasure? Nope. People showed up to tell the Klan to slink back into the fetid swamp that they spawned from.
I hope the "Feds" and even the State of California deny the City public funds as a demonstration that Public officials have NO BUSINESS involving the government in a dispute of opinion by taking the side of one of the protestors. I don't hold much hope for that happening however, but it would be fun to see a precedent set that might then act as a brake on other Public Officials from bothering themselves in issues in which they should remain neutral.