Originally Posted by solletica

And that point has already been made and refuted in the case of this protest. It was completely inappropriate for Bush to present a false impression of an idyllic America based on "freedom of speech" in a ceremony about being an American,

when the reality (i. e. protesters being forced out for speaking their mind) is what the new citizens should've seen.

The argument for common courtesy can be made in proceedings where the protesters' concerns have absolutely no relevance to the ceremony, i. e. a private funeral or B-day party, but, as was stated above, that's not the case here, and trying to equate the two amounts to nothing more than presenting a false analogy

which posters like me can easily expose, making those who do it appear, well, childish.



Indeed