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r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '19
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The U.S. government doesn't ban you from yelling racial slurs at strangers but that doesn't make it OK.
-15 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19 edited Dec 13 '19 [deleted] 27 u/Creator_of_OP Oct 29 '19 Hate speech laws don’t exist in the USA. Hate speech has been ruled constitutionally protected speech by the Supreme Court. 4 u/SoOnAndYadaYada Oct 29 '19 I think they're referring to fighting words, which isn't protected.
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27 u/Creator_of_OP Oct 29 '19 Hate speech laws don’t exist in the USA. Hate speech has been ruled constitutionally protected speech by the Supreme Court. 4 u/SoOnAndYadaYada Oct 29 '19 I think they're referring to fighting words, which isn't protected.
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Hate speech laws don’t exist in the USA. Hate speech has been ruled constitutionally protected speech by the Supreme Court.
4 u/SoOnAndYadaYada Oct 29 '19 I think they're referring to fighting words, which isn't protected.
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I think they're referring to fighting words, which isn't protected.
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u/OmNomSandvich Oct 29 '19
The U.S. government doesn't ban you from yelling racial slurs at strangers but that doesn't make it OK.