Monday, May 2, 2016

Trump being Trump

Donald Trump has recently started to be accused of inciting at his rallies to try and provoke his already very eccentric followers behind him. Many time during this years campaign you've heard Trump at some point say something about a Muslim or a Mexican trying to stir the pot with his supporters. An "Incitement" is speech that causes "a clear and present danger of imminent lawless action. Throughout this election you see at rallies where Trump will get on the mic like a dictator and yell some provocative comments or if there is a protester you will see him urge people in the crowd to kick them out. What the issues are is not that he is kicking people out, he has all the right to kick them out but he it must be in a lawful peaceful manner. In this case Trump may not be Criminally responsible but should be held accountable for his actions against these protesters. Respecting everyone's first amendment in the marketplace of ideas. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated that the best antidote to false, even dangerous speech is not suppression, but more speech.



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