Mt. Rushmore "Free Speech Zone" Should We Use It?

[@edwinharbauer2260]

Gotta get me one of them signs and just carry it around me so that I’m a “traveling designated 1st amendment area”

[@GH05TM0V3R]

Lol

[@jaac7027]

Genius

[@boldforchrist9000]

Turn the water heat up slowly if you want to boil the frog alive.

[@colinl2020]

Best way is to cut the frog legs off, skin the legs. You need about 4 pair per adult. Preheat pan to 325, drop in a little oil, then place the legs in. Liberally brush on BBQ sauce, but not extra spicy. Grilling them brushed with BBQ sauce is better yet, especially over hickory/apple smoke. Make sure everyone watches the legs kick. Fry about 10-15 minutes till tender, drip dry. Room temperature Chardonnay goes great, along with French bread and green beans with lemon juice. For additional fun, before dropping legs in pan, locate the Big Nerve (its white), and pull on it. The legs will kick HARD! The kids will laff, the females will say, "I ain't eaten them!" Which is good cuz it leaves more for you.

[@boldforchrist9000]

@@colinl2020 That reminds me of what God is going to do to the wicked. Lol. It says He will laugh when their calamity comes. Lol.

[@colinl2020]

@@boldforchrist9000 And Judgement IS coming...

[@mycelia_ow]

@@colinl2020 frogs are disgusting lmao tastse worse than fish 😷

[@colinl2020]

@@boldforchrist9000 To be absent from the Body is to be present with Christ.

[@ISEEORBS]

Your wife seen that sign and said ooooooooooohhh shhhhhhhhhhiiiiiit...

[@wrcummings]

I SEE ORBS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SL-xk5rw]

Yes she did! Good mom. Good dad.

[@barbaracrickley6191]

Don't give you're nuts to squirrels. Ouch

[@readytogo6569]

👍🤣👍🤣👍🤣 I heard her shit a brick all the way from San Francisco!

[@Scott924m]

Sir sir excuse me sir can I ask you what you're taking pictures of I'm going to need to see your ID you're not allowed to take pictures of Mount Rushmore it's federal property I'm going to need to see your ID sir

[@tymesho]

It would be fascinating to see the response of an involvement here, James, please do.

[@joekjr.3693]

Hey James, I went there 40 something years ago and don't remember that sign being there. It was also a letdown. All the way from Massachusetts. hahaha. Love what you do, you have balls of steel. We need more like you and Eric Brandt. :) Keep up the good work and be careful out there. :)

[@GoogleUser-xr2hr]

Is the sign movable? Looks like it is...oh the possibilities:)

[@JamesFreeman1]

😂😂😂

[@brianpedigo1306]

Movable,? Yes they need it for (Selective Enforcement) which seems to occur on a daily basis around the country!🤔

[@howardclegg6497]

"Im not allowed to get into trouble today". Oh man...we all have to hang up our nads at times. Thus is the price of being a family man.

[@philkalak2328]

You probably should bring a bull horn with you when you return and make a phenomenal public service announcement.

[@colinl2020]

And don't forget to wear a pig suit and jump up and down barefoot. People LOVE that!

[@sombojoe]

I can picture my wife right now and hear her saying “take your camera out and I don’t know you!”

[@jcroz222888]

Yes definitely go back!!!

[@oodoodoopoopoo]

It would be ideal to go there with two people or two groups of people. One standing in the free speech zone saying "I'm a good little slave who stands in their designated box if I want to speak up about the increasing level of natural human rights abuses in this country..." Perhaps throwing in a bit of cursing. In contrast, the second person/group walks around freely throughout the park saying "I will not be a slave and I refuse to be confined to speak my mind..." Perhaps they should also carry around a replica of the 'Free speech zone' sign everywhere they walk. See who receives the most negative attention.

[@dalt992]

You just had to bark some first amendment free speech to those people before you left didn't you? Like a cop giving orders/commands before they do the walk of shame. You just can't help yourself!! LOL. Yes, please go out there later next week.

[@grumpyoldman3597]

James - the sad part is, the park wouldn't even have that if the courts didn't force them to assign an area for protest, if it were up to the national park system, you wouldn't even get the little box, just ask anyone who's protested at the washington DC parks and routinely get arrested for free speech because they wanted to do it in front of jefferson...

[@GH05TM0V3R]

I'd love to see you and a bunch of activists come back and excersise your right to free speech anywhere and everywhere you want to!

[@truckindawg1]

James, you took that completely out of context my friend. That sign is merely stating that there will be photography and video taken in the area meaning passed that sign and that if anyone wishes not to be photographed or videoed they should not enter that area. That’s all that means. You’ve taken it a bit out of context

[@EmilyRose0]

Well you may be right given there is no area marked but there are/were free speech zones they setup when demonstrations are expectead near gatherings so they are a thing right?

[@markd3619]

Freedom with permission is not freedom.. 🍺

[@Transparencyproject]

Yup

[@boldforchrist9000]

A major AMEN! to that sir.

[@xjackiex24]

Wow .. you can say FTP around that sign .. I'm getting a sign. ✌️😎📷

[@aropals672]

Free speech should not be bottled or trampled on. But on the other side Mrs Freeman asked you to not exercise your right to free speech and you complied. So with that understanding the place they set is still in the plain view of all the visitors entering yet it also allows families who have traveled from around the world to see the monument just like yours and not be disturbed. They are just Mrs Freeman's try to have a family day. So ya it's up to you if you want to push the issue but just remember Mrs Freeman's words when you do.

[@joper817]

James thanks for what you do stay safe and enjoy your time with your family

[@luckyirish163]

I think it's a good idea . Why put a sign like that and then have four presidents carved out . That knew the first , 1st amendment .

[@1theggy1]

I'm proud of u for passing up that give me situation.... But that has to be adressed

[@TheRoastedShow]

Nice, the no dog sign to as your dog walks around lol! Thanks for sharing

[@RJ63227]

Mrs. Freeman suppressed your rights today. 😂😂🌞👍

[@nickhammond4720]

I definitely think you should go back and Audit Mount Rushmore

[@dominiquepilon3980]

your awesome ,,james ,,thanks ,,your the best

[@easalsoeas4565]

Actually there are 6 areas at Mt Rushmore for free speech, including the amphitheater.

[@racewiththefalcons1]

I'm fairly certain the sign refers to the entire area, meaning you can stand at the lookout and say Washington was a stupid, racist slave owner from the wealth class that did more harm than good, and no one can stop you. Not only because it's a true statement, but because you have the right to express it.

[@howellkevinc]

Holy cow.... I was up there last year and I don’t remember free speech zones. Do I want to see Freeman free speechen ....Hell yes go get em

[@rodneybleam3984]

James, did you see the monument on the way back to the main road for John Holmes? I have pics if you didn't !! I was there in Sept. 2019

[@ejnicks5644]

You are a blessed man

[@jamcbride225]

Was up there a month ago and thought same. Thanks James!!

[@bud...wise...ass.]

Sign sign everywhere a sign. F in up the scenery.

[@reshpeck]

...breaking our minds.

[@jimpeters9093]

Tuko and the Hobo ...My common was deleted.

[@OfficerSafetyIssues]

Sign was meant to be in the middle of the path. It upset the cops so they moved it to the side.

[@johnny30806]

James with “much, all do respect” does Mrs Freeman have liberal friends who are trying to flip her? She is starting to sound like a Tyrant. My vote is free speech

[@benjaminjohnson8431]

Thank you

[@luckyirish163]

I would love for the dog in the video to shit on that sign . Lol

[@Ken_Dalton]

Please please please go back there, we all would love to see that James 😂

[@BSay444]

Thanks!

[@consorjuststupid9474]

They are simply making it clear that you may hear something you don't like, so deal with it. What is YOUR problem?

[@chipseal9403]

You just can't have free expression willy-nilly anywhere! Why, that would be chaotic and unruly, we'll have none of THAT 'round here!

[@co2tommyboy]

I know what you’re saying James. I was concealed carrying and I wanted to go into the museums that they had. But there’s a sign on the door prohibiting firearms inside the buildings. And I thought “well isn’t that a stinker”. In a place, in a building that has the constitution written on its walls 15 foot high has restricted my second amendment right. It just meant that I had to run all the way back out to the parking lot to safely store my firearm and then I could go all way back to the museum. I found that to be highly contradictory. But I am glad you and your family got to see that place you got admit it is pretty neat

[@samuellane3436]

I was waiting for someone to say, "You don't have my permission to take my picture!"

[@JohnC-kc5uh]

Thanks for the free trip Jane's

[@ihoopalot2105]

Good video thanks

[@nonabnormal2586]

The other side is a giant Indian head.

[@smo-lo]

That is 16 miles away from Rushmore.

[@nonabnormal2586]

@@smo-lo ty. For confirmation

[@smo-lo]

@@nonabnormal2586 lol.. you're welcome... I think.. lol

[@dwightaikam8486]

Wooow so coool!!! Dude!!!

[@markbenge3055]

Hey JAMES WHAT'S UP, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FROM TENNESSEE, 🥇☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺

[@dustonparrett4137]

Those dudes created the country you exercise your rights in. Why do you disrespect that.

[@mred8002]

He did not. They have been disrespected by the reams of restrictions added by others.

[@tomsunshine6209]

We live our lives through signs and symbols.We all look at them but few understand them by not reading them properly.Have a nice Day the Freeman Family.🙏🙏🙏

[@thatoneguy9660]

Oh dear god! The really sad part of that sign is how ironic it is that thousands of people walk past it without giving it a second thought. Hell yes you need to go back everyone needs to see it & maybe but I doubt it will open their eyes. Thanks James for fighting the good fight.

[@miriamhardage4634]

I appreciate everything that y'all do for free speech and armaments it means a lot to a lot of people who's not able to stand up for yourself especially ones who are ill and everything I would like to speak up but I will tell you thank you and I think it would be a marvelous if y'all can do that and try to save Mount Rushmore because of the symbolization behind it represents the past not the present not the future but once and future can be thank you very much and God bless

[@chrishogue7823]

South Dakota is a state where most folks won't like the 1st Amendment unless you utilize it precisely how they do.

[@MuslimCopWatch]

Nail em with that beautiful freedom James

[@MariahLeee]

Holy shit lmao speechless

[@mikejohner2525]

Defiantly needs an audit. Unbelievably

[@twohats8462]

Doing what you do best man.... it will certainly get on mama's nerves at times. Y'all have a beautiful family, don't forget to celebrate that

[@Transparencyproject]

Hell yea

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

Did you see that petition? Some group is gathering signatures to add the face of actor Jussie Smollett to the silly memorial.

[@BSay444]

I watch this occasionally. Good food for thought.

[@Darth-pv5nm]

The dog was about to show you what that sign stood for but he was pulled away 😁

[@wickedtwintWo]

Guess anything behind the sign it's ok if no specific designated areas are marked

[@BADD1ONE]

The first thing our newly formed government did was enact laws and taxes. And make sure they and theirs would prosper. See Shays rebellion.

[@donbennett6531]

That's funny shit right there James. Lol. Mind your P's & Q's, and be sure to make mama happy......cuz if mama ain't happy....ain't nobody happy, lmao.

[@Hi.malone]

Outstanding fam olny.not right wrong

[@Wildflower-xe8sn]

Well now I don't need to go there, thanks for the vid

[@11scarymonster]

You gotta laugh at the irony of a sign like that IN THE SHADOW OF MT.RUSHMORE.

[@hackenslash]

I'd argue that that's the best place to conduct you 'just obey' campaign. Rights aren't things that are granted, they're things that simply exist and are recognised and given force of law. If there's one place not to exercise such freedom, it's the place where they say you can exercise it. Freedom, in the context of strictures, can only be exercised where they insist that such freedom doesn't exist which, by corollary, means that the one place in which you're free not to exercise your freedom is the place where it's granted. Freedom cannot exist where there are strictures and conditions. Fuck them, and the equine quadruped that propelled them hence.

[@usaaudit5051]

This women had a dog. The sign states no dogs. Where are the cops when you need one. But cops come fast for filming.

[@ahappyhippy]

Like a real husband, only your wife can tell you what not to do. Happy wife, happy life :)

[@ghostwolf3167]

Hey james i was just at mount Rushmore on sept 7th i don't recall that sign being there I'm wondering if they saw your video and moved it. But now i am curious and searching our photo's to see if we caught it.

[@marmite.]

Well done Mrs Freeman ..hope you enjoyed your day . Thanks quick look at rock .

[@scoremxcom]

They were going to put Ronald Reagan's 'bust' up on the mountain, but the National Park Director stated: "We do not have room for two faces".

[@gabbiesmeemee]

I don't think that it saying that particular spot. It says this area a spot would be right around that post area would be anything and was is defined. Such as in a parking lot where there is an arrow pointing one way and an arrow pointing Back at it shows only parking between those 2 areas. There is no arrows to define beginning to end. I love your videos man I think that with us fighting for our rights, you might be using that little area By saying we only have rights in that spot. I get your point believe me I do because there's lots of places we don't have rights. We have them we've just not exercised them therefore now they're not even recognized. Thank you for being an activist in standing up for what is right. I'm 100% totally behind you and your efforts. You're in my prayers daily take care and God-bless Deb

[@JonaChristoe]

That abomination was carved out of indigenous sacred space. I would give them the one finger wave!

[@checkersx3556]

Cool locale!

[@mrsatire9475]

The place looked much better before the government got involved and put their faces on a mountain.

[@stanislauscorruption3295]

Hell yeah!! Give them hell!!

[@chalacochoro7023]

Wisdom is = Listening to Mrs.Freeman .

[@tikivima7412]

It's probably designated specifically for street preachers, they just call it "first ammendment activities" instead of "street preachers can preach here"

[@tx2sturgis]

Dang, I was in South Dakota for about 2 weeks...were you wanting to audit me?

[@dangerousliberty]

The area he showed is for people to set up tables and hand out information When I was there in June there were a couple tables. One handing out prolife info and the other handing out religious info

[@georgerhodes7663]

Give em all the free speech they can stand, for me and mine. God bless you for your work!

[@philadelphiafreedomfighter7495]

If god existed, would we need a James Freman ?

[@mrtacobout-it3640]

There's a video I saw a few years back of a bunch of people getting arrested for dancing in these areas.

[@steyrscout84]

Lincoln isn't exactly the embodiment of freedom...

[@bud...wise...ass.]

Notice how no one listens to signs. No dogs allowed. That's why I don't.

[@lecu1967]

How big is the zone?

[@ar47yrr4p]

it's possible the sign meant the entire park and not just a small area near that sign...now that wouldn't make it any better because the Free Speech Zone is the entire country!

[@Kauffman578]

That area has secluded places like badlands, custer, and a few others.

[@madman8915]

LOL...... AT. the end expecting Mrs Freeman to bust dat ass.

[@gotherecom]

Good for you. Can't resist a little free speech to passersby.

[@FocusWithin]

I'll be there Saturday! Hang around!

[@sackett68]

The free speech sign does not mean only in that spot. It applies to the whole park. It has something to do with the monument being privately owned. And it's not a government owned site. I can't remember the details sorry. I was there several years ago and asked about that sign myself.

[@Head-ck4hu]

The drive to get there is ten times better the actual monument.

[@xenaguy01]

I kind of "get" the reason for that "First Amendment area." If you are with your family up in the lookout point, you don't want some religious nut giving a speech 5 feet away from you. Or a "sovcit" raging about excess government in your wife's face. So they designate an area for that type of activity, not too far out of the way, where activists can catch the attention of passersby, but not interfere with their enjoyment of the site.

[@leehancock2782]

I went there 2 years ago and wasnt impressed either.

[@johncasper5052]

and they explicitly tel you that they support and sponsor these activities.... They either do not believe in that or just they do not wanna lose funds.

[@willking1625]

What kind of Shenanigans is this?

[@frontallobotomy3481]

Everyone knows you only have the right to remain silent when your arrested.

[@JohnJohn-rh6ib]

maybe take the police with you for protection, you may find the public may get upset and get so boot licking upset they won't be able to control their own emotions