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@Bridgewerk
Progressives recognize and respect the right of everybody to speak freely, even people with whom they do not agree. A more authoritarian city would have simply fenced off the protester's in a "protest zone", or arrested them and removed them from the scene entirely, then let the camera's roll as the torch moved triumphantly and peacefully through the streets. San Francisco let the protester's and the camera crews mix freely and took the spectacle of the torch elsewhere in order to keep everybody safe. Everybody got to speak, the torch bearer's were safe, and the camera crews got lots of great footage. Everybody won.