Our founders, rightly I believe, decided that they did not want the government to have the authority to choose who got to speak freely and who was tossed in prison for espousing an unpopular idea. Given the history of this country and the people in charge right now, I am happy that we have freedom of speech.

This was absolutely insane. Some counter-protesters were there to fight and some protesters were Confederate apologists who were not racists? Sure, but to equate the protesters (who were mostly white supremacists) with the counter-protesters (who mostly were not armed with improvised weapons and firearms), absolutely…

I can only speak for California, but based on the laws regarding citizen’s arrest, I would assume that you can use whatever force is reasonably necessary to remove them. That does not include hitting them with your car, but you could probably get out and pick them up or drag them out of the roadway. That being said, I…

Civil disobedience means owning up to what you did, throwing yourself on the mercy of the courts, and asking for leniency. Unless the law is fundamentally unjust, people should be prepared to be fined or jailed for their disobedience. In some ways, it makes what they did even more heroic.

California’s law regarding freedom of political association does apply to the workplace, although the protections are not as strong as they would be outside of work. I am not aware of any definitive cases in California regarding protection from employer discrimination in this particular regards, so I am not sure…

I think you and a lot of people are confusing freedom of speech with the first amendment. Freedom of speech is a general concept that can apply to any forum. The first amendment is a constitutional guarantee of the legal right to not be censored by the government.

At least in California, State employment law prohibits employers from disciplining employees for their political beliefs or their legal activities outside of work.

It has been done before. White supremacists already learned financial tricks to make themselves judgement-proof. They don’t usually own real property or anything of value. If they are shut down financially, they just reform under a new fictitious group.

In California at least, he might have a legitimate case for a civil rights violation from unlawful termination. California prevents employers from firing employees for their political beliefs or lawful activities outside of work.

Some of the counter-protesters were no doubt thugs spoiling for a street fight, but if you look at the footage and photos from yesterday in Virginia, it is pretty clear which side was the aggressor.

1. It is easy to hide your tracks online.

The federal constitution generally does not protect people from the consequences of exercising their first amendment rights, except in very narrow cases, like religion. Being a Nazi is not a religion.

In California, it is unlawful to fire an employee for their political beliefs or for any lawful activity that took place outside the workplace. I actually think this is a good law, even if it protects Nazis from being fired. If an employer can fire someone for attending this rally, they can fire someone for attending…

I think making people publicly own their beliefs in this case is a good response to the rise of the “alt-right”. I am very concerned that this could easily backfire and smear non-Nazis though. Internet vigilantes have a pretty poor record when it comes to these sorts of campaigns.

I do not think you appreciate how precarious the situation is. The President of the United States is the Commander-in-Chief of the United States armed forces. Everyone down the line from Secretary of Defense to the lowliest Private is duty-bound by oath to carry out his orders.

I do think that giving racial preferences is wrong. Some people might call it racist. But in the context of society, our entire culture gives certain groups of people preferences. So if affirmative action is racist (which I think is a fair argument), then our entire culture is racist as well.

So even more fire and fury than the Second World War, which saw the firebombing and carpetbombing of many cities and ended with the destruction of two mid-sized Japanese cities with large nuclear fission bombs?

That is a straw man. Their abandonment was not furtive, which was my point.

I am not sure which side of this issue I come down on, but that is a fair point. A lot of Americans supported the crown during the Revolutionary war, just as a lot of Americans supported the confederacy during the Civil War. A lot of Germans also supported the Nazis.

I could be wrong, but I do not believe that it is, “illegal for employers to inquire about your age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, religion, or any disabilities.”