The 1st Amendment protects peaceful protests in the streets and at universities. The key word here is peaceful. No matter who we might disagree with or object to, the protests need to be peaceful. Violence initiated by either side does not require a like-minded violent reaction. That being said, the 1st Amendment at its core protects freedom of speech. Whether someone’s speech agrees with me or you doesn’t really matter. What matters is the safety and freedom to make that speech in public! Everyone has the right to an opinion of their own and can yell that opinion from the roof tops, so to speak!
I know all of you already know this. I just needed to verbalize it, to remind myself that objections/protests are an American privilege and way of life that is not available everywhere. We need to peacefully honor the 1st Amendment! We need to allow, support and protect the rights of people with differing opinions to speak that message to their followers.
“If we held a minute of silence for every victim of the Holocaust we would be silent for eleven and a half years.“ from StandWithUS
1st Amendment - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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