Human rights and arguments about freedom are always the most difficult at that point where two rights conflict. The right to quiet enjoyment of a public monument versus the right to make a political statement. Its tough. I see little discussion in the comments about anyone's rights other than the protestors. (Are protestors inevitably self-absorbed and self-important? Doesn't seem likely, but these folks obviously were).
Why was the memorial chosen? Why not protest at some place where no one would object? Perhaps precisely because no one would object. No one would really care.
It seems likely that the protestors chose the monument because it would ruin the experience of the rest of the public. It seems that they chose to subvert everyone else's rights to their own.
I see no nobility in that. But, I'll keep reading to see if some of you can add to (or change) my thought.
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Human rights and arguments about freedom are always the most difficult at that point where two rights conflict. The right to quiet enjoyment of a public monument versus the right to make a political statement. Its tough. I see little discussion in the comments about anyone's rights other than the protestors. (Are protestors inevitably self-absorbed and self-important? Doesn't seem likely, but these folks obviously were).
Why was the memorial chosen? Why not protest at some place where no one would object? Perhaps precisely because no one would object. No one would really care.
It seems likely that the protestors chose the monument because it would ruin the experience of the rest of the public. It seems that they chose to subvert everyone else's rights to their own.
I see no nobility in that. But, I'll keep reading to see if some of you can add to (or change) my thought.