Quote Originally Posted by DJ_MikeyRevile View Post
Freedom of speech is not being taken away. You need a clear grasp on why police do what tthey do. There are laws for loitering, curfews, obstruction of noise, violent acts, vandalisim, litering, obstruction of traffic with out city permission. The list goes on, these people are breaking multiple laws and you say there having there freedom of speech taken away?
I think you misunderstood me. We're bouncing back and forth between two subjects here. I'm not suggesting that our "freedom of speech" is being taken away because of this flashbang incident. I'm talking about something else. Sorry for the confusion.

I'm referring to the people that think this movement is stupid and that these people have no place to be complaining and protesting at all. I'm just saying that whether or not you agree with their cause, if a group of people think they see this country becoming more and more unjust that it's their duty as Americans to make their voices heard and they they shouldn't be dismissed so easily. I'm just saying that our soldiers die every day to make sure we have this right and if someone is going to give their life for this right, then we better make the most of it.

You have some idiots in Oakland and other part of the country that take all the media attention because they act stupid and then people associate EVERYONE with these morons, but sorry. I didn't mean to give the impression that this "freedom of speech" rant had anything to do with the flashbang incident.

To be clear: I'm not suggesting ALL that our freedom is speech is being taken away. I'm suggesting that our freedom is speech is something not to be taken for granted. So many other countries suffer more than we do and don't have this privilege so we should use it when we think there is a cause. There are millions, if not billions of people that wish they had this right, and I think when they see us using these rights, it gives them hope and gives us more worldwide respect.