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Civil Liberties

Warpy

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2. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until one of these pep rallies for the hateful

Reply to yodermon (Reply #1)

Tue May 30, 2017, 03:24 PM

May 2017

spills out onto the street in the form of a mob, hurting people and destroying property, before mayors are able to deny permits for this bullshit. Until then, hate speech is protected political speech. Private entities can forbid it but the government can't.

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'Hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment,' Portland mayor says. He's wrong. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2017 OP

If he had qualified it to say "hate speech that incites violence" yodermon May 2017 #1

Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until one of these pep rallies for the hateful Warpy May 2017 #2

Won't happen- See Skokie vs Illinois Nazis: friendly_iconoclast May 2017 #3

Skiokie was different Warpy May 2017 #4