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To: SoFloFreeper

I hate to play the Devil’s Advocate, but our First Amendment stipulates that SICK and evil people also have a right to free speech.


69 posted on 05/12/2014 9:36:52 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: 353FMG
I hate to play the Devil’s Advocate, but our First Amendment stipulates that SICK and evil people also have a right to free speech.

Some speech is legally regarded as toxic:

Shouting fire in a crowded theater

While most of us favor unrestricted free speech, the definition of what constitutes "speech" and whether it presents certain defined or extreme dangers, are what is at issue. For example, there are still laws that allow law enforcement to obtain warrants and search their property when people speak about explosives. There are laws allowing officials to commit a person when the person makes a credible threat of suicide, etc.

99 posted on 05/14/2014 11:13:10 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("The commenters are plenty but the thinkers are few." -- Walid Shoebat)
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