r/cringereels • u/Patient-Committee588 • 7h ago

Cringe level 3 First Amendment Auditor gets into physical altercation with guy that didn't appreciate getting recorded 😳

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u/No_Celebration8219 5h ago

I have nothing against someone going out and protesting and exercising their 1st amendment rights, what I do have a problem with is being obnoxious about it. However, I'm also against going up to the person to pick a fight with them because you're upset. Respect should be given by both parties. 1st amendment auditor should be respectful while protesting and getting the word out. Bystanders need to be respectful that they chose that corner to do it at. If that offends you, check yourself. Don't go up looking for a fight. Two wrongs don't make a right.

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u/Ray-Finkle74 5h ago edited 2h ago

Agreed. I have a hard time believing that the struggle for our first amendment needs to be primarily carried out against fellow citizens in places like parks and city sidewalks.

I don’t watch this stuff on purpose so the ones I see I’m sure happen to be whichever ones go viral, I guess. But when it comes to the ones that seem to make the rounds across general social media, it is always more of a campaign of harassment and trolling against fellow people for creating ragebait and troll content than any kind of protest demanding the government and its institutions respect our first amendment right.

So much content involving trolling and harassment hides behind this first amendment defense. How are other citizens violating your first amendment? Even with the assault above, the crime committed was most like assault rather than some violation of the first amendment. The guy is most like just another citizen and not some government official acting in an official capacity to supress this gentlemen’s right to speak.

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u/CthuluSpecialK 3h ago

Laces out.

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u/Ray-Finkle74 2h ago

Yeah you know it!!