04-10-2007, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NC
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you call it a flaw
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Originally Posted by raytri";p="
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Originally Posted by GovernmentCheese";p="
i find it ironic that people are more acceptting of hearing the f word in public than people using the word gay.
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I don't think that's true, except when gay is being used as an epithet. And then the difference is that the f-word is merely vulgar, while the other is a personal attack.
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i find it ironic that jesse jackson and al sharpton have said worse about their own people, yet no one raises a finger to criticize.
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No one cares if Jews tell Jewish jokes. There's a difference between poking fun at yourself and being made fun of by someone else.
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yeah.... your explanation really explains it all. 
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I wasn't attempting a substantive reply to your question. Simply noting a flaw in the logic. |
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Symbolic speech such as wearing armbands is protected. The right to freedom of association protects demonstrations, as well as individual speech. Music, art, and theater are fully protected. And speech cannot be censored on the basis that it is "hate speech" or that some find it offensive. Nor can it be censored based on the speaker's viewpoint -- whether it is anti-war, pro-workers' rights, or what have you. Content discrimination, however, is permissible if a court finds that there is a compelling state interest, the restriction is narrowly drawn, and there are still alternative channels for communication. But this strict scrutiny test is very hard for speech-suppressing laws to pass. (Sometimes viewpoint discrimination can also become, in effect, content discrimination; either way, it is unconstitutional.)
Public forums (such as campus lawns and squares) must not only be equally available to all speakers, but are only subject to obscenity and incitement to violence limitations. Non-public forums may impose limitations on speech, but they must be reasonable in light of the purpose the forum serves.
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source: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/comment...25_bergen.html
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