Tell Kansas Republican Speaker who prayed for the President's death to resign

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51. Free speech doesn't mean there aren't consequences if you say something

No one is suggesting the guy should be imprisoned. There's no law against spewing hateful speech, but that doesn't mean that people can't SPEAK BACK, in this case calling on the guy to resign.

Another consequence to hate speech is that the electorate can vote the creep out. People can also mock him, dismiss him, hector him ... it's all in the Constitution, baby.

You people who cling to your free speech at any cost idolatry are seriously myopic. The courts have found many limitations that can be placed on free speech and are upheld--because sometimes people's "speech" infringes on other peoples' rights. So you can scream obscenities at a woman who is entering an abortion clinic, but you're going to have to do it from a distance--not into her face at the door. You can have a rally or parade to express your views, but you're probably going to have to get a permit for it, if it's of a certain size, to authorize the place and length of the rally: because the rest of the citizens have rights, too: the right to get to work, or go to sleep at night (no bullhorns at 3 am declaring your "free speech" rights), or just to use the street.