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Submitted by wri7913, Oct 16, 2011 23:39

Nerdcrunch,

I support the prosecution of the Irvine 11. They are more than welcome to exercise their free speech. They are not allowed by the state of CA from preventing others from doing so as well. Sorry but that is the Law. The court has decided the Irvine11 broke the law.

If the Irvine 11 wanted to exercise their free speech in this instance, they would have been welcome to do so outside the forum or request equal speaking time (if the forum decided to allow it). Shouting down someone giving a speech is not exercising the First Amendment. It is being belligerent and deliberately provocative.

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