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[Messofanego]

Dissenting opinion is very far from disrupting congressional hearings.

She could have easily shared her dissenting opinion and been protected by law.

Free speech doesn't apply in congressional hearings?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Free speech? These people sure do love the 2nd amendment, but always seem to forget the fucking first one.

 

[nelsonroyale]

People need to follow this guy Sessions around laughing at him. Sessions should be the one on trial.

 

[supermarioworldE]

I live in country where cops can gun down black children and get a promotion, while giggling in court gets you jail time.

None of this shit surprises me anymore, but it's no less disturbing.

 

[diablos991]

Free speech doesn't apply in congressional hearings?

It doesn't apply when the method of speech violates the law. If you have a problem with the law it could be argued to change the law for best results.

She is free to appeal the ruling if she feels her free speech was violated.

 

[Journeywalker]

When you're told to leave ; you leave. You don't make a big scene and not expect consequences. People in this thread are hysterical acting as though she was forcibly removed for laughing when that was not the case at hand. This sin't a rare thing as it happens all the time. The media wanting hits ran this as though she was a victim preyed upon by the tyrannical Sessions.

What is your angle on this? Do you really want citizens to be immediately compliant, unquestioning, and docile? I don't get it. From the video, it sounds like they asked her to leave, she questioned why, and then they got physical. If that's not a police state staring you in the face, I don't know what is.

 

[Journeywalker]

It doesn't apply when the method of speech violates the law. If you have a problem with the law it could be argued to change the law for best results.

She is free to appeal the ruling if she feels her free speech was violated.

Do you have a problem with the law, or how it was applied in this case?

 

[DangerMouse]

She wasn't convicted for laughing at the session, but forvactions done afterwards. Not saying it's okay, but the outrage alarm should go down one notch.

Not really since the real problem was that police state style response to it like Journeywalker said above. Like you said, it's not okay.

Quarter of a notch.

She laughs at Senator Shelby's unintended satire. Security asks her to leave. She refuses. Security starts forcefully dragging her out of the room. She protests.

If I was being dragged out of a room for no good reason I would be protesting too. And in Trumpistan, that gets me a conviction of protesting in a non-protest zone and disorderly conduct with a possibility of up to a year in jail.

This.

 

[akira28]

this is why we fight.

some people are perfectly ok with this because she 'broke the rules'. how these people ever made it beyond kindergarten, I'll never know who to blame.