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“This plaza, is restricted from First Amendment activity” (cdn.social.linux.pizza)

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It's no longer a question of what if fascism comes to the USA. The question now is, what do we do to defeat fascism?

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[–] GreyYeti@lemmy.world 89 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, reminds me of the “free speech zones” during the protests under W during the invasion of Iraq. Funny how fickle that pesky first amendment can be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech_zone

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They tried to do these at the ice facility in chicago too, not sure if it got fully implemented or not though.

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 8 months ago

They demanded free speech cages in Portland too, but the city refused.