It's not just republicans that deny free speech

[BStrong]

"A Republican legislator and Vietnamese refugee was dragged from the state Senate floor Thursday morning when a Democratic leader ordered her removed after she tried to criticize the late Tom Hayden, a former state senator and vocal opponent of the war in Vietnam.

State Sen. Janet Nguyen, R-Garden Grove (Orange County), who was born in what was then Saigon, spoke briefly in Vietnamese, but her microphone was shut off less than 30 seconds after she began to repeat her remarks in English."

http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Calif-state-senator-removed-from-floor-after-10955105.php

A little background not included.

At one point in the 1980's a Vietnamese challenger faced off against Hayden for his senate seat.

The challenger led a protest at Hayden's residence in Santa Monica over his support for the Vietnamese government.

The "peace" activist decided that was unacceptable, and resorted to the time honored Louisville slugger method of crowd dispersal.

No love lost between the two camps, but with Hayden's death it's up to the living state democrats to keep Vietnamese folks from expressing dissenting opinions.

 

[Spindrift]

"A Republican legislator and Vietnamese refugee was dragged from the state Senate floor Thursday morning when a Democratic leader ordered her removed after she tried to criticize the late Tom Hayden, a former state senator and vocal opponent of the war in Vietnam.

State Sen. Janet Nguyen, R-Garden Grove (Orange County), who was born in what was then Saigon, spoke briefly in Vietnamese, but her microphone was shut off less than 30 seconds after she began to repeat her remarks in English."

http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Calif-state-senator-removed-from-floor-after-10955105.php

A little background not included.

At one point in the 1980's a Vietnamese challenger faced off against Hayden for his senate seat.

The challenger led a protest at Hayden's residence in Santa Monica over his support for the Vietnamese government.

The "peace" activist decided that was unacceptable, and resorted to the time honored Louisville slugger method of crowd dispersal.

No love lost between the two camps, but with Hayden's death it's up to the living state democrats to keep Vietnamese folks from expressing dissenting opinions.

Most legislative bodies in the USA have limitations on what can and can't be said.

 

[theprestige]

Most legislative bodies in the USA have limitations on what can and can't be said.

Yet she persisted.

 

[Giz]

Most legislative bodies in the USA have limitations on what can and can't be said.

Said Mitch McConnell...

 

[BStrong]

Anyone else wonder why her speech in Vietnamese wasn't cut short?

There's a simple explanation and another that is more conspiratorial, but I'll go with option 1.

 

[theprestige]

Nobody recognizes the Vietnamese for "I come to bury Hayden, not to praise him"?

 

[C_Felix]

When did anyone make the claim that only Republicans deny others the right of free speech?

 

[dudalb]

As pointed out,most legislatures have rules about what can and cannot be said,mainly about personal insults between members.