That’s fair enough. I think though we are probably talking about slightly different things - while I also agree that anti-immigrant protesters have the right to protest, what I’m getting at is that I nevertheless would rather they weren’t protesting about something I don’t agree with. There are lots of things people have the right to do that I don’t want them to actually do. But with overseas protests, I only know that people have that right to protest; I don’t know whether I support them exercising it in that particular situation.
The point is when you have a real protest, or something you really disagree with, you want the support of other people, to get that you have to constantly support people’s right to protest. You can protest their protest! That’s the point. You can go out and debate them in the streets. The point is people are openly discussing and bringing attention to problems. It’s a core feature of a free society. I don’t have strong feelings on immigration either way. I do have strong feelings on a bunch of Nazis killing people in my community under the guise of immigration enforcement.
That’s fair enough. I think though we are probably talking about slightly different things - while I also agree that anti-immigrant protesters have the right to protest, what I’m getting at is that I nevertheless would rather they weren’t protesting about something I don’t agree with. There are lots of things people have the right to do that I don’t want them to actually do. But with overseas protests, I only know that people have that right to protest; I don’t know whether I support them exercising it in that particular situation.
The point is when you have a real protest, or something you really disagree with, you want the support of other people, to get that you have to constantly support people’s right to protest. You can protest their protest! That’s the point. You can go out and debate them in the streets. The point is people are openly discussing and bringing attention to problems. It’s a core feature of a free society. I don’t have strong feelings on immigration either way. I do have strong feelings on a bunch of Nazis killing people in my community under the guise of immigration enforcement.
I understand that’s the point you wanted to make, and to an extent I agree with it. But it’s not really about the point I was trying to make…