Not that RAFO is the 51st state, but not all forms of speech are free speech.
Joel Send a noteboard - 16/08/2011 11:32:25 AM
Congress cannot legally pass a law restricting a form of speech, in that it violates the First Amendment. If we are to follow American laws on this board.
Falsely shouting, "FIRE!" in a crowded theater isn't free speech, and neither are Klan rallies led by chants of "Kill [your minority slur here]!" Both are threats to endanger public safety and the SCOTUS sanctions bans on them, though I'd generally expect the bans to be at the local rather than federal level. That's before we even get into "fighting words" as a valid legal cause for beating the snot out of someone.
There's a reason trolls are more common online than in the real world; you don't have to worry about people being trampled to death in a stampede from a website (though the site owner may have other worries during such an event... ) and the combination of distance, anonymity and common sense means retaliation is usually no worse than a few flames. Explicitly encouraging violence can be legally pursued, though generally I think it would have to be done under the local laws wherever the comment(s) originated; if someone in India goes on a killing spree because of what someone in California says on Stormfront, I can't imagine how the latter person could be prosecuted anywhere but his home state.
Of course, the easiest way to tell if anything said here violates RAFOs posted Rules is to click--oh, right....
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Mother Effing piece of Shit is the only way to describe this next guy
16/08/2011 01:48:56 AM
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jesus fucking Christ, that's is horrible.
16/08/2011 01:56:32 AM
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i know crazy shit happens everyday but for some reason I can wrap my head around this
16/08/2011 01:59:01 AM
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Ben, it's beyond time to take out the trash. It's really stinking up the joint.
16/08/2011 02:54:02 AM
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So unpopular opinons should be banned now?
16/08/2011 02:58:13 AM
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That wasn't free speech. That was a hate speech. Pretty sure Congress makes a distinction *NM*
16/08/2011 04:12:27 AM
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Tell yah what, show me a US hate speech law that what I said falls under and I'll leave right now. *NM*
16/08/2011 04:25:59 AM
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legally he is well within his rights to say that (besides he is Canadian)
16/08/2011 05:08:38 AM
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Aisha, since when is sympathy a moral failing.
16/08/2011 05:52:53 AM
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Technically, no.
16/08/2011 05:41:37 AM
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Not that RAFO is the 51st state, but not all forms of speech are free speech.
16/08/2011 11:32:25 AM
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What Stephen said; how someone could do that to his own child is beyond me.
16/08/2011 11:37:58 AM
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So? It's just a 31st trimester abortion. Who wants to expose a kid to a home where he isn't loved?
16/08/2011 11:07:15 PM
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Im sorry you cant see the difference b/w decapitating a 7 year old and aborting a Downs fetus. *NM*
17/08/2011 02:33:38 AM
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