[leereeves]

You tried to move the goalposts where you wanted them; I moved the conversation back to the overall topic.

The comment you replied to didn't mention anything about the inauguration, the Women's March, Trump, or the election.

[JohnTHaller]

I spoke to the specific event I personally attended (the Women's March) that has been called violent by many Trump supporters.

[leereeves]

> The peaceful gatherings with signs and petitions, or the kind with assaults, battery, looting and vandalism on others for speaking their side?

I'd say the Women's March was the first kind, and, for example, the recent Berkeley-Milo protest was the second.

And I think the question in the quote is appropriate. Surely we don't intend the First Amendment to protect people the UC Chancellor reportedly described as: "more than 100 armed people in masks and dark uniforms who used paramilitary tactics to engage in violent destructive behavior intended to shut the event down."

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/opinion/violence-at-be...