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Alinsky Politicians and Press Create Dangerous Anti-First Amendment Environment CNSNews.com I can attest to the fear being spread. Friday night before the next day's Boston rally, a liberal friend and First Amendment lawyer colleague who knows my work for an unrelated Free Speech Coalition out of McLean, Virginia emailed: Tell me it isn't ... Keller @ Large: Making A Joke Of The First AmendmentCBS Boston / WBZ A Huge Victory For Free Speech In BostonForbes Boston Right-Wing 'Free Speech' Rally Dwarfed By CounterprotestersNPR Columbia Journalism Review -Esquire.com all 1,972 news articles »

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White supremacist groups say theyre intent on holding more rallies and protests around the country. Thats after a rally in Charlottesville turned violent, resulting in many injuries and one womansdeath.

Some universities say they wont allow white nationalists and supremacists to rally on or near their campuses due to concerns over safety andsecurity.

That includes Michigan State University, which last weekdenied a request to come on campus from a group led by white nationalist ringleader RichardSpencer.

Spencer claims thats a violation of his First Amendmentrights.

And weve been hearing a lot from these hate groups in recent months about a perceived violation of their right to free speech.

What speech is protected under the First Amendment and what isnt? Is it important that these groups are able to demonstrate as long as they dont turnviolent?

Richard Primus is aconstitutional law expert and professor at theUniversity of Michigan Law School. He joins Detroit Today to talk about thosequestions.

Nobody thinks the founders didnt think, and the courts have never thought that the freedom of speech means the freedom to say any words you want under any circumstances in any way at any time, saysPrimus.

What the government is not supposed to do is repress speech for the purpose of preventing the dissemination of an idea, he says. The questions that are most relevant in things like the Charlottesville scenario are about the line between speech thats the conveying of an idea intended to be offered to persuade people and speech that is actually a set of actions designed not to persuade,but tointimidate.

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Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia and Lansing State Journal columnist Judy Putnam also join the show to continue the conversation and talk about MSUs decision, which Putnam says put safety over bravery in a recentcolumn.

Dalmia has written in Reason Magazine about her defense of First Amendment Absolutismas well as the University of California-Berkleys decision to cancel right-wing provocateurMilo Yiannopoulos speech earlier this year after his scheduled appearance sparked violentprotests.

I dont believe in content-based restrictions on free speech, even hate speech, saysDalmia.

I think the American model of free speech is correct that the antidote to hate speech is more speech. Free speech is a great disinfectant to badideas.

However, Dalmia defends MSUs decision, largely because there was no invitation from the university or any student groups to have the group oncampus.

Click on the audio player above to hear the fullconversation.

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But it doesnt hurt.

Our friends at the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications have invited Keillor to headline the 15th Annual First Amendment Awards, Oct. 5 at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.

Some of our readers dont like that Keillor has sharpened the tone of his homespun prairie punditry in response to President Donald Trump. But we must never take for granted the freedom that allows a writer to call out the head of our government.

Our late President and Publisher, Nackey Loeb, founded the Loeb School in 1999 to promote understanding and appreciation of the First Amendment, and to foster excellence in journalism.

Partisans who rarely agree on anything should be able to agree on the importance of those principles.

Tickets to the First Amendment Awards are on sale now at the Palace Theatre. We would encourage you to attend.

Were sure everyone in the audience will be above average.

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August 21, 2017 6:30 AM By Jon Keller

BOSTON (CBS) Now that the dust has settled on Saturdays events down at the Common, thankfully with no serious injuries that I know of, we can start to take stock of what really happened.

It doesnt surprise me that my suggestion of last week that the community isolate and repudiate the protagonists by completely boycotting their pitiful rally was ignored.

Thousands of protesters march on Tremont Street in Boston against a Free Speech Rally on Boston Common, August 19, 2017. (WBZ-TV)

As we saw at the massive Womens March against Trump last winter and again on Saturday, there are many thousands of people in our community willing to show up and protest peacefully, and thats a good thing.

Thousands of counter protesters march to a Free Speech Rally on Boston Common on August 19, 2017. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Its also not surprising that the crowd included a few hundred creepy wanna-be anarchists and others looking for trouble, who found it by roughing up a few Trump supporters and pointlessly confronting the cops.

Some counter demonstrators scuffled with Boston Police after the rally on the Common ended Saturday afternoon. (WBZ-TV)

If they managed to catch any of the creeps who allegedly threw bodily waste at the police, I call on the district court judges to come up with creative punishment.

Some protesters scuffled with riot police escorting conservative activists following a march in Boston against a free speech rally on August 19, 2017 in Boston. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

But the whole affair left me with a question: why did the City of Boston issue a permit for this travesty at all?

Given the size of the counter-protesting crowd, I can understand keeping them well away from the fringe rally.

An aerial view of protesters on Boston Common demonstrating against a so-called free speech rally on the Parkman Bandstand Saturday, August 19, 2017. (WBZ-TV)

But barring the media not even a pool camera was allowed effectively shut down any public access to the speeches.

That wasnt necessary to protect public safety.

The free speech rally was confined to the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common Saturday as barriers and police held back a massive protest. (WBZ-TV)

It deprived the public of a good chance to hear how little these folks had to offer.

And it made a joke of the First Amendment just when it needs to be taken more seriously than ever.

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