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To: circlecity

Fighting words are not usually held to be protected under the 1st Amendment.


17 posted on 03/29/2010 12:57:48 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"Fighting words are not usually held to be protected under the 1st Amendment."

They are if they are political in nature. Or else no political speech would be protected.

18 posted on 03/29/2010 12:59:09 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: HiTech RedNeck

One person’s freedom ends when it tramples on another person’s freedom.


69 posted on 03/29/2010 7:48:02 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Remember The Great Ptarmigan/Rabbit War!)
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