Should hate speech be protected under first ammendment??

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21. Are you really so obtuse as to think I was referrring to yelling fire in a theatre where no fire

existed.

Your original statement that "The First Amendment protects all speech that isn't defamatory, pornographic, or that directly incites violence" is a ridiculously narrow understanding of how rights work. There is no absolute right and no list of narrow exceptions. All rights live in a matrix of other rights. You can say "Adolph Hitler was right" in your home, in the park, or in a meeting of neo Nazis. If you stand up and say it in a Synagogue prior to a religious service you will be arrested and your speech is not protected.

And yes even if you think its funny to disrupt a bunch of old folks by yelling bingo during their game the constitution will not protect you.


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