On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:11:40 -0800, Robert Jakob <rsjakob@???> wrote:
> I was very surprised with what a small percentage of people said yes they
> should be allowed to protest. How did the Mall of America get $250
> million
> in taxpayer money?
>
> Freedom of assembly is in the constitution. You don't get to protect
> those
> rights only when it's convenient for you.

It's a weird situation. The argument or principle advanced that if a legal
person accepts taxpayer $$ (is there a threshhold?) from the government
they therefore automatically forfeit certain property rights and must
allow political protest on what is ostensibly their property is not one
I'm comfortable with.

At the same time I have no great love for malls, mall culture, or welfare
of any kind, especially corporate.