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On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:06:51 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:13:00 -0700, wrote:

On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:31:53 -0400, wrote:

I do wonder how this plays in a "fighting words" state where it is
determined that some speech is egregious enough to justify assault.

It depends a lot on the presiding authority. Different places define
them differently. Basically, it's when they're used to incite violence
or express hatred by the person to whom they're directed, but that's
very broad.

I think standing next to a funeral telling some family that their son
died because god killed him for supporting fags is "inciting
violence".

I agree, but the Supreme's disagreed. It was one of the few times that
I actually agreed with Alito.

They decided that it was a public statement vs. one to specific
person.