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lunasun

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8. You are correct and is a completely different issue but will be used to retain that team's foul name

Reply to catbyte (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 19, 2017, 05:04 PM

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Supreme Court unanimously reaffirms: There is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment [View all] Gothmog Jun 2017 OP

Not surprising. nycbos Jun 2017 #1

Do not see a band's name, name not banned but just trademark restricted, as a hate speech case. Fred Sanders Jun 2017 #2

Asian American west coast band lunasun Jun 2017 #3

Using a term ironically is considered very intelligent Not Ruth Jun 2017 #4

Pussy hats symbolizing the Women's March being another great example Not Ruth Jun 2017 #7

Well, that certainly won't help the effort to get rid of Washington DC's football team's catbyte Jun 2017 #5

You are correct and is a completely different issue but will be used to retain that team's foul name lunasun Jun 2017 #8

I'll have to see if the Court made any distinction gratuitous Jun 2017 #6

I don't see the courts putting a racial test on spoech Lee-Lee Jun 2017 #10

My reading of the case is that it's about trademarks and copyrights, not speech gratuitous Jun 2017 #11

It was ruled on free speech grounds Lee-Lee Jun 2017 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author catbyte Jun 2017 #9

Excellent. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #13

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