Planned America First Rally Was Just
*Canceled* in the State of California —
Here is the City’s Lame Excuse
Trending Politics,
by
Kyle Becker
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
7/18/2021 10:50:51 AM
A planned America First rally was just canceled in the State of California in the latest attack on free speech in the country. The “America First” rally scheduled for Saturday night would have featured speeches by Congress members Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz. “A planned America First rally at a private venue in our city is cancelled. The city of Anaheim shared public safety concerns with the operator, and those concerns are shared by the operator,” the city of Anaheim’s officials said in a statement.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 7/18/2021 10:55:05 AM (No. 849557)
show up anyway..
in the middle of downtown..
in the middle of the streets..
that's what the COMMUNISTS do..
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 7/18/2021 10:59:20 AM (No. 849558)
"Freedom of speech, on campuses and elsewhere, is rendered meaningless if speakers can be shouted down by those who disagree. The law is well established that the government can act to prevent a heckler’s veto -- to prevent the reaction of the audience from silencing the speaker. There is simply no 1st Amendment right to go into an auditorium and prevent a speaker from being heard, no matter who the speaker is or how strongly one disagrees with his or her message."
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
planetgeo 7/18/2021 11:02:43 AM (No. 849561)
Nice scam. If one group threatens to violently oppose any event by another group then the city cancelled the event to assure "public safety". The correct response would be to provide adequate police protection for the group sponsoring the event to assure its right to peacefully assemble and have its views heard.
This BS capitulation to the interests of one side must stop.
28 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
bpl40 7/18/2021 11:05:43 AM (No. 849568)
You can call out speech that "does not reflect your values" all you want. But you no business, no right to cancel or censor it. THAT is egregiously against our values as Americans.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Highlander 7/18/2021 11:11:54 AM (No. 849578)
The left has completely taken over California. I’m surprised America First wanted to stage one here. Riverside is a big disappointment. I went to a downtown rally where Nixon was running for governor. No trouble.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 7/18/2021 11:12:35 AM (No. 849579)
Yet another reason to avoid Disneyland (located in Anaheim). Go! Fight! Win! Larry Elder!
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"Public safety concerns" I can almost grasp, but then this added garbage:
“As a city we respect free speech but also have a duty to call out speech that does not reflect our city and its values,” Anaheim added in its nonsensical statement.
We deserve further explanation of those values. America is not first? I wanna know.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
planetgeo 7/18/2021 11:30:35 AM (No. 849594)
#7, that added statement by the city is even more BS. The city government has every right to have a position on any group's speech, but it has NO right to cancel it. This is blatantly unconstitutional and should be challenged in court to firmly and finally end such one-sided, unconstitutional actions by leftist local governments.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Krause 7/18/2021 12:29:05 PM (No. 849638)
Exactly what part of America First doesn't represent the local values? Could they expand?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/18/2021 12:45:58 PM (No. 849662)
Gaetz and Taylor-Greene ended up having an impromptu rally in front of Riverside City Hall. Got even more publicity because of the cancellations. They are quite a pair...
10 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/18/2021 12:48:51 PM (No. 849667)
No, the left has not taken over California. It’s interesting to see those in other states, who should be friends and allies with conservatives everywhere, always jumping on California and painting the entire state with a broad (erroneous) brush at every little incident. Very big, big populous state. Not wall to wall libs by a long shot. Dems don’t even have 50% of the registered voters. Educate yourselves…and let’s stick together...
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#11 - Its the same here in Illinois because of Mogadishu on Lake Michigan. Trump won all but 5 counties in 2020, but it doesn't matter because we have zero representation downstate.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Highlander 7/18/2021 1:34:47 PM (No. 849703)
#11; I respectfully disagree. The Dems have total control of the California assembly. California is a one-party state. That the former conservative strongholds of Anaheim and Riverside cancelled the events speaks volumes. We may have a large conservative population here, but not in the right places to make a difference.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 7/18/2021 2:10:38 PM (No. 849732)
Sadly we have a few who rise to defend Kommie Fornia after they pull rotten stunt after rotten stunt like this and treat conservatives in this horrible manner. It’s a dirty rat enclave full of radical left socialist ignorant clowns and it is definitely governed by morons and frauds and liar devils..
Starting with GQ boy in Sacramento
Impossible to fix unless you blow it up!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JackBurton 7/18/2021 3:15:02 PM (No. 849761)
Yes, it was a private venue but it's plain that the City actually got this cancelled.
FTA: “As a city we respect free speech but also have a duty to call out speech that does not reflect our city and its values,” Anaheim added in its nonsensical statement.
Sez Who?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 7/18/2021 4:32:10 PM (No. 849809)
**The city of Anaheim shared public safety concerns with the operator, and those concerns are shared by the operator,” the city of Anaheim’s officials said in a statement. ***
"Nice little venue you have here. Be a shame if something happened to your licensing, if something happened to the supply of your utilities."
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
EQKimball 7/18/2021 6:31:43 PM (No. 849879)
Hold it at Chapman, Biola, Pepperdine or The Master’s College, all in Southern California.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mifla 7/19/2021 5:14:42 AM (No. 850052)
OK, the next time the Dems want to get together, call in and voice concerns over the get together.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
local500 7/19/2021 11:03:14 AM (No. 850351)
It is your 1st amendment right.
Show up. Let them attack you there, sue the city into bankruptcy. Make an example of out them.
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