Ugh. As bad as that idiot Terry Jones is, I really don't think Dearborn should have attempted to get him to leave. Everyone, even idiots, deserve freedom of speech. Yes, there was danger of a major disturbance of the peace, in fact, that's what Terry is trying to accomplish, get someone to kick him and then he's a martyr which is all he really wants in life. And yes, he was going to protest from the grounds of the Islamic temple, which is trespassing and that's not allowed. But I think that judge in Dearborn, who took Terry into custody and told him not to return to Dearborn for three years was wrong. Much better to let the guy have his say and prove his idiocy (which is his 1st amendment right) than to make it appear that you are trying to keep him quiet...that's exactly what he wants. Now he can claim he was right all along.
It wasn't an easy position to put that judge in, not at all, And that was by design. If he'd let the protests go on, Terry would have incited someone to do something to him and then he's a martyr. Block him, and he can claim he was right in the first place. No-win situation, see? And that's the way he designed it.
Man I hate bigots.
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