On Hate Speech and Putting the Westboro Baptist Church To Flight...

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11. Why don't you elaborate further on what you think "...on an implicit threat..." means?

Maybe you see the video differently than I do, but it seems unlikely that you mean to actually discuss whether the First Amendment should shield minority voices from intimidation by the implicit threat of violence. You did see the police attempting to stop multiple people from crossing the street, didn't you?

You are kidding yourself if you don't think that that action is threatening - especially when those crossing the street could be the vanguard of an angry mob. Words are fine - threatening actions are not.

If you were ever to find yourself in a similar position, I doubt that you would appreciate your present argument very much.