Thread Virginia exempt from 1st Amendment

and you don't think that maybe in the past fifty years there have been some changes in the government? or perhaps you're thinking that everyone in the government is involved in every aspect of running it?

this was one county's police department. the health care issue is one judge in virginia. the two are not overlapping. even if the same judge was involved in both cases that still doesn't justify your blanket statement
 
It's tradition?

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Spoken word shouldn't ever get someone arrested. Physically doing something is much different.

I disagree. What you're saying is that the law should only ever be reactive. Hopefully you can understand why this would be a nightmare, and why societies typically do, in fact, act on threats.
 
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The government in power is the representation of the people. They put them there.
The laws are representations of the desires of the people. They put them there.

That's true to an extent. It's an idealistic intepretation. What representative government really is is a bunch of people getting together and saying "This is a headache. Why don't you rule on our behalf because we really don't have the time, energy, or interest to do it directly. Laws? Pass whatever. We don't give a shit. Just don't bug us with it all the time and don't inconvenience us too terribly much or someone might get yelled at. If we aren't too busy, that is."
 
Calling someone a bitch is making a personal observation, not a threat.

also, sitting in the middle of the street talking and blocking traffic is a bigger public indecency than profanity imo.
 
I'm not talking about profanity, I'm talking about his statement regarding spoken words never leading to arrests.
 
I disagree. What you're saying is that the law should only ever be reactive. Hopefully you can understand why this would be a nightmare, and why societies typically do, in fact, act on threats.

Yes you should only ever be arrested for something you've actually done.