RE: Pope to visit U.S. Suggest protest.
January 20, 2015 at 4:08 pm
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2015 at 4:14 pm by Brian37.)
(January 20, 2015 at 3:48 pm)Xeno Wrote: Good luck with that. I don't think the church listens to protesters. If anything, they'd protest the protesters protesting, because it "hurts their religious feelings".
I agree that his policies are crap, but I doubt he likes criticism.
UGGGGGG, Of course the church wont listen, it is not aimed at them. It is to motivate those who do value freedom of speech to put him on notice. It is merely to act as a check.
(January 20, 2015 at 4:02 pm)Jenny A Wrote: I don't see much point in the project. Sign waving is pretty useless. Oppose his ideas in print on the net, which if free, and otherwise let those who love him attend.
Freedom of religion does imply the right to protest religious views publicly. But that isn't an obligation to storm someone else's party.
I would protest his ideas when he talks to the pres or other governmental officials. I don't think his opinions should be more relevant and worthy of notice than mine or yours or the average serial killers.
WHAT THE FUCK? No one is talking about disturbing the peace or starting a riot. It is perfectly legal and happens all the time that counter views take up space near the same venues.
Both pro choice rallies I attended at the side of the march there were plenty of religious people shouting at us and condemning us to hell, others praying. No one died.
It isn't that we want to take him seriously, we have to, and not just him or his religion, all religions. Religious people vote and run governments, you don't protest them to outlaw them, you protest them as an ongoing reminder that they are not the center of the universe.
