Comment by msgodel
2 days ago
Not for foreigners. Allowing foreigners to join political protests in your country is a trivially and obviously insane thing to advocate for.
2 days ago
Not for foreigners. Allowing foreigners to join political protests in your country is a trivially and obviously insane thing to advocate for.
> ... Allowing foreigners to join political protests in your country...
Protests are protected by the 1st Amendment. The constitution applies to everyone in US jurisdiction. Gov actions here are not appropriate or accepatble.
> ...obviously insane thing to advocate for.
Advocating for this individual's right to join a protest is not insane. Safeguarding constitutional rights is wise by default.
Does it make sense for me and a bunch of friends to go to Thailand and protest the way they run their country?
No! We'd be (appropriately) deported for that. Anyone would say that's insane. The same is true here. That obviously makes no sense.
> Does it make sense for me and a bunch of friends to go to Thailand and protest the way they run their country?
This topic concerns the actions of US Gov; it's about which actions are specifically limited by the Constitution. Enforcing those limits is how we protect our rights.
It makes sense to advocate for the constitutional rights of individuals.
Further, not advocating for others' constitutional rights - this is a factor in erosion of rights overall. I offer that the 100mi constitution-free zone adjacent to US borders is an example of that¹.
If Thailand's government is similarly bound by it's constitution, it is probably wise for Thai people to advocate for individual rights.
¹ ref:https://kagi.com/search?q=what+constitutional+rights+are+imp...
The people who we are debating with seem to have the opinion that people from around the world have the right to assemble in the United States. That indeed is an interesting take.
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This cannot be a serious comment, can it?
"Does it make sense for a place with a completely different governance structure, completely different laws, and completely different norms (notably lacking the US Constitution and its unique 1st Amendment protections) to behave differently?"
Uhhh yes. You would expect a different result in a different place. Here in America we have the laws that exist in America. In Thailand they have the laws that exist in Thailand.
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