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View submission: Can we ban this extremely racist asshole?
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 :[
Comment by dfranke at 05/06/2008 at 22:58 UTC
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Right, but the words are still legal. There's no law against using fighting words; rather, if you use them and they result in a fight, you'll probably be judged to have started it even if the other guy threw the first punch. Aside from that, yeah -- you can hold your KKK rally on public property and say whatever you want, and if it doesn't end up directly resulting in violence, you're in the clear.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/06/2008 at 22:53 UTC
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You can use any kinds of words in public property. Even fighting words. Who ever said you couldn't? It's of course up to the other guy (who might be a seven foot nigra) to shut the fuck you up. I suggest you be civil in public spaces, or be perfectly content with broken bones and prosecuting people who beat you up.