Soldiers Uniform Hangs From Noose In Front Of Home

[refuse_resist]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Nestled in a quiet Sacramento neighborhood is a very loud political statement that is testing the very foundation of the right to free speech.

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[seraphim]

Long live the right to freedom of speech

[bolshevik butcher]

Nice one, the guy should be aloud to do this if he likes, imagine if commies said they were offended by U$ flags?

[redstar2000]

Very imaginative.

In the very early days of SDS, the chapter I was in put out a whole bunch of leaflets and posters announcing that we were going to burn a dog to death on a certain day -- so that people would understand the effects of napalm first hand.

A couple of thousand very angry people showed up. We said to them, "This is how you react when a dog is threatened with an agonizing death -- while the U.S. government is doing it to thousands of people on a daily basis in Vietnam???"

Shook some folks up. :D

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PS: you can probably bet the rent money that the authorities will find some way to make them take down the display. "Free speech" has a very short half-life in capitalist America.

[Scottish_Militant]

Thats quite a good idea Redstar, a similar stunt could be pulled for the occupation of Iraq do you think?

[October Revolution]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11 2005, 03:01 PM
you can probably bet the rent money that the authorities will find some way to make them take down the display. "Free speech" has a very short half-life in capitalist America.
Yeh they'll make up some bullshit law about hanging clothes outside bedroom windows or that army clothes have to be folded up when not in use :lol:

The message is very strong this guy clearly disagrees and what he's done is great really testing "free speach" it's got a much more potent message than most of the protests iv'e seen about the war.

[FeArANDLoAtHiNg]

I think that is a very reasonable display of protest. I don't even see it as wishing death upon US soldiers or something malicious like that. The message I got from the display was that " Your tax dollars are paying for a false war in which American soldiers are dying". And this is a message that I think many Americans, including those grieving relatives lost in Iraq, can agree with. I certainly hope the display remains.