Does Free Speech Offend You?

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Apart from a relative few jurisdictions in the United States, "hate-speech" laws don't exist because they would easily fall victim to court review as sometimes violative of the First Amendment. What does past constitutional muster is the idea that what many people call hate speech is actually already prohibited through existing laws against libel, slander, threat and extortion.

When I helped write and lobby successfully for the adoption of my state's hate-crime laws, we intentionally steered clear of any mention of speech ramifications because we knew that it would raise eyebrows, and, instead, stuck with the overall category of crimes (which includes speech-related violations).

Free speech has never existed, does not exist now, and never will exist. Your opinions are no better than mine, or any one else. If anything, my thoughts, speech and feelings are to be severely discounted, derided, and are of no consequence BECAUSE I'M A USELESS PIECE OF SH!T who knows nothing about everything and everything about nothing!

I'm always being told I'm ALWAYS wrong, even when I'm right and can prove it six ways to Sunday.

On the contrary, there has always been freedom of speech, provided you’re willing to face the consequences, which, more often than not, include physical aggression and probably fighting to the death.