[utahagen]

“Or does the First Amendment depend entirely on non violent listeners?” You got it! We are being blackmailed by terrorists into suppressing free speech. And it is much more than “disappointing” that this appeared in “a paper in a movie town”; it is terrifying.

[ScubieNuc]

“Or does the First Amendment depend entirely on non violent listeners?”

Exactly! I can imagine a situation now, where someone shouts "filet mignon" at a vegan convention and the resulting stampede and rioting results in any words referencing meat products to now be hate speech and not protected by the 1st Amendment.

We are either right on the edge or over the edge where foolishness is becoming the law and subjugation is being mistaken for peace.

[BlatherNaut]

“Or does the First Amendment depend entirely on non violent listeners?” You got it! We are being blackmailed by terrorists into suppressing free speech.

Exactly.

But entirely predictable when we elect a Marxist/Muslim hybrid as president.

If offending religious sensibilities is now to become a crime, Obamacare is hate speech, as it explicitly violates not only the sensibilities and consciences but also the RIGHTS of Catholics.