Ron Paul Supporters Free Speech Violated

On New Year's Day, a number of us boarded a cable car in San Francisco to wave signs for the people's r3VOLution. We paid for our tickets and were allowed to board with the signs. But after we'd gone about a dozen blocks, a MUNI inspector showed up and said we could not display the signs. When Ron Paul supporters refused to give them up, MUNI called the police.

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• ron
• paul
• san
• francisco
• 2008
• president
• police
• abuse
• free
• speech
• cable
• car
• MUNI
• civil
• liberties
• candidate
• libertarian

[TheDrCynic]

Paul is on the side of corporate fascism.

[StarchildSF]

@TheDrCynic - I know you're here because you were already making negative comments about Ron Paul on another video, and only came here because I responded to you there and you followed the link on my profile.

If you want to attack Ron Paul's pro-freedom views, that's your right -- that's free speech -- but unsupported "drive-by" comments are lame. Make a reasoned argument for your position.

[TheDrCynic]

@StarchildSF You are paranoid Starchild. Roll up a big one.

[StarchildSF]

@TheDrCynic - No, what I said is true and we both know it. Do you have any intelligent, constructive views to offer, or are you just trolling?

[StarchildSF]

No, MUNI is a government agency, so their land and vehicles are public property, and Constitutional rights should apply there.

[VinnyM116]

I am not a Ron Paul fanatic, so I guess that makes me a fascist?

[StarchildSF]

(Response to VinnyM116) If you are against free speech, the label "fascist" probably fits, at least as it is used colloquially. If you are for free speech, you may or may not support Ron Paul, but you should at least appreciate the civil liberties part of his message, and not call his supporters "fanatics" for trying to exercise their 1st Amendment rights.

[Boomer1949]

So if I understand this right. In this city you are not allowed to have any kind of political or advertisement on the bus/cable car, unless you pay for it? Well, for God sake how is anyone going to get on that bus with a pair of tennis shoes on or any kind of clothing with a logo?

[abeismain]

0:06 The corporation pays to have the sign on the bus, so it benefits the tax payer, right? The tax payer doesn't pay for the advertisement the corporation must have to.

Right!?

Also..Ron Paul 2012

[TheDrCynic]

@VinnyM116 No

[alacransinalas]

I'm going to exercise my freedom of speech and say that girl in jeans and boots had a nice booty.

[woodlandcammo27]

Busses have permits to advertise?? LOL. Do I need a permit to have a bumpersticker or magnetic sign on my car to advertise? LOL...NO!

[Methbot]

we cant look like and angry mob people ron paul 2012