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To: annalex
No, nearly anyone can tell the difference between insults and speech.

Perhaps you mean libel and slander? In which case yes, the courts rule on those.

But insults? If you could sue for being insulted, the court system would grind to a complete halt.

278 posted on 01/12/2015 8:45:21 PM PST by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: kevao
libel and slander? In which case yes, the courts rule on those.

Exactly, and if a court can decide whether something is libel or slander, it can just as easily decide if something is a pure insult, or blasphemy, or pornography. And historically, the courts have decided that and nothing ground to the halt.

286 posted on 01/13/2015 7:14:56 AM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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