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"Free Speech Zones" are a limit on freedom of assembly, not speech. Less about preventing people from saying an offensive thing outside of the zone & more about keeping the physical mass of a protest from disrupting the flow of traffic or causing a security issue


Riiight. And the fact that this keeps protesters far away from anywhere they might be seen, or be effective, or have any impact at all is just an unintended side effect.

Anyway, you're entitled to yourself and W's interpretation. Me, I go with the ACLU on this one.




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