[arbitrage]

A lot of this "what about their rights" bullshit is likely a covert misinformation campaign by botters and operatives.

Hate speech is not protected. Plotting and committing treason against the United States government is not protected.

Say unimaginably hateful shit, see how fast it takes to get punched in the mouth. Simple as that.

[cbozeman]

> Hate speech is not protected.

Yes it is. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that hate speech is legally protected free speech under the First Amendment. The most recent Supreme Court case on the issue was in 2017, when the justices unanimously reaffirmed that there is effectively no "hate speech" exception to the free speech rights protected by the First Amendment. [1]

> Say unimaginably hateful shit, see how fast it takes to get punched in the mouth. Simple as that.

This is incredibly dangerous and short-sighted. I can tell you've likely never been in a fight, or very, very few.

People who think this way need to be very fucking careful with their rhetoric here, because while they think they might be the Billy Badass who'll set the world 'right', there's a lot of other Billy Badasses out there who might just jerk a knot in their ass, either temporarily or permanently.

You might want to take a more reasonable approach and figure out why someone feels the way they feel first.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_in_the_United_Stat...

[MrMan]

i am really sad that hate speech is allowed in the US. i think it is shameful and dangerous. I have no comment on you telling that other guy to be very fucking careful

[cbozeman]

> i am really sad that hate speech is allowed in the US. i think it is shameful and dangerous.

Fortunately our founders realized how necessary speech is, especially speech we don't like. I'm waiting to see Noam Chomsky get canceled for saying, “Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.”

> I have no comment on you telling that other guy to be very fucking careful

He should be thankful, because I'm trying to save him from getting seriously injured - perhaps even killed one day. People who have a lot of experience fighting, especially having either seen or participated in fights outside of a controlled environment, will tell you just how incredibly dangerous it is to fight someone for whom you have no idea of their capabilities. You might have just picked a fight with someone with advanced combat training who will hand you your ass... even worse, you might have come upon someone with enough training you to seriously harm you, but not enough training to know how to exercise restraint.

You are far better served to try to de-escalate a situation than to actively jump in like your John Wick... because you're not. John Wicks of the world are only fighting when they have no other option.