Reply #165: The 1st Amendment does NOT protect Racist speech! [View All]

I don't need to read up on the 1st Amendment....I have several family members including an in-law who are constitutional attorneys. They have unequvically stated cases that have been upheld in our highest courts that hate speech and racism is NOT protected by the 1st amendment.

Harassment is not protected either. I am allowed to put a bumper sticker on my car that speaks my mind and is not racist or illegal (like suggesting violence against a sitting president) just as someone who feels different from my viewpoint can do the same, but it does NOT give them or me the right to go up to anyone and verbally harass them.

This man who verbally attacked me was not trying to engage in a discussion or even a debate. He wanted to harass me, insult me, provoke me and possibly even be violent to me. The 1st amendment doesn't give those rights to anyone and even someone (as you put it) of my "thought process" or mindset...

You seem to have a problem with my "thought process"...your profile says your a male, a newbie on the DU too....Does this mean you would also drive up next to me and any other female with an infant that you disagree with and curse, insult and glare at me because you disagree with my opinion that I openly state? :shrug: