Jason Kessler, the organizer of the alt-right Charlottesville march where Heather Heyer was killed, was awarded $5 in a suit against an activist who called him “crybaby Kessler” and said “f*ck you.”
Kessler filed a $500 lawsuit against activist Donna Gasapo, claiming her use of profanity and insulting language could have led to violence. This was despite Kessler’s own protest seemingly inspiring far-right James Alex Fields Jr. to mow down and kill protester Heather Heyer last August.
Gasapo called him “crybaby Kessler” and said “F*ck you,” which Kessler argued was in violation of Virginia’s anti-dueling statute which bans ‘fighting words,’ the Richmond Times Dispatch reports. She also called him a murderer. The incident took place in March outside the trial of DeAndre Harris, who faced charges of assaulting a white supremacist. He had been badly beaten at the march and was later acquitted.
Gasapo’s attorney argued she was protected by the First Amendment. Charlottesville judge Judge Robert H. Downer Jr. said while Gasapo was free to make public statements, her words threatened to breach the peace. He said Kessler didn’t appear harmed by the remarks as he posted footage of the incident online.
https://twitter.com/TheMadDimension/status/1012773157751713793
Kessler’s concerns about language and violence are at odds with his leaked statements in the lead-up to the Charlottesville march. Kessler set up a Discord chat to plan the march in which he told the group to “get ready for a real fight” and “bring picket signs that can be used as sticks to bludgeon our enemies.”
Kessler and others including Richard Spencer are being sued by a group who argue the notorious march was not an expression of free speech, but a conspiracy to commit violence.
In other news, Jason Kessler is a racist, an asshole, and a goddamn crybaby. https://t.co/Rr9fh6kzJq
— Christian A. Young (@CA_Young) July 1, 2018
LRT: Where are all the free speech activists on people calling Jason Kessler a crybaby?
— Alexandra Erin (@AlexandraErin) June 29, 2018
https://www.rt.com/usa/431497-kessler-sue-charlottesville-crybaby/
There have been several articles of this nature in the news lately, which show the public that “free speech” can get you arrested, or sued.
They’re priming the public to accept legal limits to free speech, or outright censorship.
first they came for the alt right…..
whatever. that dude was an obama supporter a year before this event. and the fat chick died of a heart attack. the driver was maybe/maybe not fearing for his life and accidentally/or programmed ran into the crowd. what a shite-show.
the only people not to get heard during that whole media manufactured circus were the real people who know that the civil war was not about slavery and just wanted to keep their heritage statue from being removed by douches.
but of course, honest abe is still up there on mt/ rushmore with teddy “gun boats” roosevelt.
The media led a narrative and still does that the KKK and Nazis and other fanatical right wing groups are all over the United States. A total lie and anyone with rational thinking knowing facts realizes that.
One more time, folks…NO ONE died at that event! If you don’t remember the post interview s, the lady posing as the victim’s mom is an actor who portrayed a mom at Sandy Hook. It’s all a crock!