> It just isn't in the newspaper when those violators are fined or arrested because they aren't racists.

I doubt that, but it's possible. The case should be simple then - whatever the charge for trespassing is without any kind of a hate multiplier - same as anyone making overpass fence text out of red plastic cups would get.

Of all the takes I’ve heard on the internet… this is certainly one of the worst.

> Hanging signs on the property of another without permission is trespassing.

In one sense the overpasses are owned by all of us. What should have happened is the cops show up and say "take that down." They take it down, and then everyone goes home.

When the pendulum swings the other way, these dicks will be the first ones to complain. Why have standards when you can have double standards?

> Making New England diverse isn’t quite in the same realm at hate charges

If it undermines the lives of people already living here I could claim it's hateful. Hate speech isn't a thing in the U.S. and that's a good thing. Punishing the content of a message is a 1st amendment violation straight up.

> It crosses into a first amendment issue that I'm not ok crossing into personally.

Exactly. Defending rights means defending scumbags sometimes. People who can't separate principle from circumstances should not be voting.

As far as I'm concerned anyone who keeps downvoting well thought out comments like yours should get the fuck out of NH. They bitch and moan about The Free State Project, but if the alternative is plebbit authoritarian fucks, then I support replacing the entire NH population with Free Staters.

No, FR24 does not have data available for this aircraft.

Exactly. Time to get all of them in trouble just to make a point of it.

I'll defend freedom of speech, even for these assholes.

> The issue here is the disgusting thing that they were promoting, the easiest thing for them to be charged with was trespass in the situation. But you must be smart enough to realize the issue is not that they were there but what they were promoting.

Right, and that's the problem libertarian types like me have with the whole thing. Would someone hanging a sign that said Make New England More Diverse be on the hook for $15,000 for trespassing? If no, then this violates the 1st amendment.

Hate speech shouldn't be a thing. Also, they could argue that Keep New England White is a policy position not hate speech.

Yes, they should face the penalty that anyone hanging ANY sign off the overpass would face. Not a special penalty for the content of the sign.

Punishing the content of a message is not a road anyone who gives a shit about freedom of speech wants to go down.

Yup. 100%.

Yeah. I hate having to sound like running cover for these assholes, but a hate multiplier, if it should even exist at all, should be reserved for "real" crimes, not stupid crap like trespassing (via affixing a banner - shouldn't that be closer to vandalism anyways?). Having a system like this allows speech/expression to be penalized indirectly. We all know if they hung a BLM banner or a "Welcome back Lieutenant So and So" no one would give a shit.

> They likely have enough assets that they don't qualify for one

I always thought that was shit. If the state is going to charge you they should have to figure out your defense if you don't want to pay for it. Better yet, a loser pays system.

No, obviously. However, fruit and veg that comes locally is far superior from a nutrition perspective.

It could also have been an unsecured heavy object. This is the first I've ever heard of an in-air death from turbulence, and it makes me wonder.

I lived and worked in Manchester for a number of years. I walked to/from work, but still had a car for shopping and visiting friends and family. Groceries might be difficult without one but probably not impossible. But in NH, there are few or no options for public transit so unless you plan to never leave a 5 or 10 mile radius around your home, you'll need a car at some point. If you're in Manchester, I guess you could easily rent a car at the airport when you need it?

I find it a lot easier to take the highway down to Exit 7W to get to Whole Foods or Exit 8 to get to the other Market Basket. There are a lot of grocery shopping options in the area.

Slate is brand new so I don't think that many have a lot of experience with it. The location is excellent for what you want to do though. I live a few miles from those apartments and the you have easy access to Exit 10 and can run down to Boston or up to Portsmouth or Vermont. I go down to Boston once a week and just drive around the heavy traffic hours. Portsmouth is an easy shot on 101 to 93. You can also go to Hampton Beach if you want or the beaches in southern Maine.

NH is usually in the top 3 in terms of safest states in the country. One thing that I've noticed for many years is that there has often been a police car at the bottom of the hill where Slate is now looking for speeders driving from the Merrimack Premium Outlets. We do go to DCU and Qdoba regularly so we know the area well. You will also have access to a ton of retail in Nashua.

The follow up comments were problematic, IMO. It’s not “simply” explaining anything.

The person simply said NH is mostly white and then got down voted while receiving rude and off base responses. It They weren't making an explanation for why the banner was posted. We all now why. Because they're racist.

NH is mostly white but that does not explain why a NH Alt Right Nazi group would hang such a banner. It’s hairsplitting to give some kid of cover, and it makes no sense.