Can You Stop People From Doing Things You Don't Like
My question involves civil rights in the State of: MA
Just curious. If I find something offensive or controversial, is there any way I could intervene and stop it even if its legal or what I be overreaching my bounds?
Example: If the KKK was going to do a rally in my town, could I legal interfere with their rally?
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You can legally counter-protest. You can even sue to have the rally stopped, but expect to fail on First Amendment grounds. Some groups here in my hometown sued to stop a Klan rally. They failed in their effort. The rally happened, the Klan marched through a Black neighborhood, counterprotesters started throwing things, and then we had a riot on our hands. (Residents of the neighborhood had asked people to just stay inside and ignore the Klan, but offended people were offended.)
You do not have the right to never ever be offended. Really, you're best off ignoring or peacefully counterprotesting if a perfectly legal activity upsets you.
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Why do you believe your rights are more than those of the KKK members?
See: Fred Phelps, biker counter-rally.
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I was just using them as an example. I'm not referring to them directly. I'm just talking about things that I find offensive or controversial in general.
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Pretty sure we gathered that.
Hey, I happen to find it distasteful when people post hypothetical questions on a legal forum which have no basis in reality and effectively interfere with the help needed by those in real life situations.
If you get my point.
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I just think that for the betterment of society and stopping things that are immoral I'm doing a pretty good deed.
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I just think that for the betterment of society and stopping things that are immoral I'm doing a pretty good deed.
Personally, I find the notion of trampling all over the First Amendment is immoral. So.
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I just think that for the betterment of society and stopping things that are immoral I'm doing a pretty good deed.
Yes, that's what Timothy McVeigh said, too.
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Timothy McVeigh is too much of an extreme example. I'm talking more about in the vein of Al Sharpton or Michael Moore.
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They have high priced attorneys. If you are set on a path of sticking your nose into places where it isn't going to be appreciated, then you need to similary get yourself one or more attorneys prepared to defend your actions, and stop with the pointless "what ifs". When you actually do something stupid and overstep your bounds and actually GET arrested, THEN come back and we'll be happy to evaluate the situation based on ACTUAL events. Until then, this line of questioning is really pointless.