What is so hard to understand?
It is in black and white: Slander and Libel are not protected.
Darksheare wrote: “It is in black and white: Slander and Libel are not protected.”
Perhaps I’m just not getting it today. I understand slander and libel are not protected. Nor is speech that creates a public safety hazard, i.e. shouting fire in a crowded theater.
How is sign stating, “God hates...” slanderous? How does it create a fear of being attacked, i.e. assault? How can a state law legally prevent speech that creates “emotional distress?”
If this is true, that someone can sue me simply for saying something that causes them emotional distress, then I don’t really have free speech any more.