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View submission: Can we ban this extremely racist asshole?
As far as this goes - no.
As far as this goes, yes.
I'm no expert on the constitution
Indeed not.
Otherwise, fuck it, lets create a privately owned company and then go around screaming racist abuse under the umbrella of that company.
You can do that anyhow, as long as you do it on your own property. Thanks to the first amendment you can usually do it on public property too, though certain laws such as disturbing the peace and certain rulings such as the fighting words doctrine may curtail that.
Comment by Mikeybarnes at 05/06/2008 at 22:45 UTC
3 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Seriously?
So I can be racist on public property, as long as I don't use 'fighting words'? Fighting words "which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace." Words like Nigger?
I can be racist - but not too racist? Go figure :[