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(855 posts)Please read the language of the first amendment. It speaks of Congress not respecting the establishment of a religion, and later amendments upheld judicial review and jurisprudence, which led to the interpretation codified in the ruling of the NAACP v Alabama in 1958 clarifying that it is abundantly clear that the people have the right to their private beliefs, opinions, words, and can assemble and associate freely, so long as they do not break other laws or deprive other rights while doing so.
So under certain circumstances you can be very disrespectful if you want. But you may be ejected or fined or charged under certain circumstances.
You have to respect, tolerate, accept, and honor -the right- of others to have their opinions and voice them and associate and gather and speak based on them. You dont have to respect, tolerate, accepts, or honor the ideas opinions or speech content.
Verbal attacks, denigration, and displays of hate may result in legal ramifications or may be respected under certain conditions. You may hate them at any time. But this is our system, which you may also freely hate.