Should protests be banned for Inauguration Day regardless who is taking office as president?

[Anonymous]

should the 1st amendment be muted just for one day, just so the new president can focus on starting his job peacefully?

[Gwendoline]

Protests are fine. Protest to your hearts content but blocking roads, footway, buildings, homes etc is taking people's human rights. Thankfully it's winter here so protesting won't start up again until may, June, July, August, September and then you won't be able to get to work or go to the shops, be home on time for your sitter or get to the doctors or dentist. This woman is right, come the summer it's ECO-Festival time with endless protests.

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[Anonymous]

The inauguration is just some ceremony. It's not relevant to him focusing on starting his job. That comes later, inside, signing executive orders. The protest by the detractors while he repeats some words and signs a paper to make it all official is not a detriment to him or the country and doesn't inhibit him from doing his job. It's literally just a show that could be done behind closed doors.

[Asker]

but if it was me being inaugurated as president, I would demand the streets to be quiet or I'd order tanks and napalm against demonstrators, just because people are against something doesn't mean they have to express it, protesters just waste their time,

[slatyb]

The First Amendment can't be muted ever. If it were possible for one day, next it would be a week, then a month, then forever.

[Asker]

yes it can be muted, what is one piece of paper going to do?

[slatyb]

How do you imagine that would work? Censorship requires the force of arms. Who's going to do it? The military takes an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution, which ultimately means following the rulings of the Supreme Court.

[Spencer10]

That would be a nice idea... but its never going to happen... free speech and the right to assembly and all.

[Asker]

even by our enemies? that's ridiculous, it's insane that freakin communists get to enjoy the same rights as the righteous ones

[michael3478]

Who will protest? he won popular vote by over 2 million lol.

[Asker]

the unemployed radical left human calories will, they could always get a job like the rest of us, but they'd rather waste their time on nonsense

[exitseven]

No but people who get violent should be arrested.

[Asker]

summary executions would be more preferable because those same troublemakers would show up to the next riot or protests, and their lives have no meaning or quality whatsoever

[slatyb]

Like they did in 2020?

[Asker]

@slatyb that was an FBI operation made to make trump look insane, a whole psy op

[DrPepper12]

I'd be anonymous to if I was asking dumass questions like this too...

[Anonymous]

Protests are free speech , you can’t ban free speech.

[Asker]

just for one day though

[Opinion Owner]

It doesn’t cease because of the day , it’s America

[Asker]

and America is Trump

[Opinion Owner]

Trump isn’t a dictator , contrary to popular belief

[Asker]

only you delusional leftists think he's a dictator, you just want it to come true don't you, just wait, soon you won't believe reality ever again, and you won't question the will of MAGA either

[Opinion Owner]

I didn’t say I was a leftist , you assumed I was.

[Anonymous]

Peaceful protests are freedom right so long as permits are paid for.

[Anonymous]

no because sometimes you have to allow free speech to see proof of stupidity existing

[Syntosi]

No. Protests are protected by the constitution.

[Asker]

then a Constitutional convention is in order

[missindiana93]

No that's what the first amendment is.

[Asker]

yeah but inauguration day is about respecting the new president and rallying behind the nation's new leader, not being out in the streets in opposition,

[msc545]

No. why would it ever be ok to do that?