Originally Posted by
DragonStryk72
And so would die the 1st Amendment.
There's a difference between having a right, and being right. I have the right to call everyone on this board a bunch of hooting dickholes, but that doesn't make saying it right.
When you put up a billboard like that in that neighborhood, I believe it is akin to shouting fire in a crowded theater. The only possible reason, that being to whip people into a frenzy, is basically the same in either instance. It'd be like putting a billboard up that says "God hates niggers" in a neighborhood in downtown Albany. The first amendment is not meant to allow people to purposely provoke each other, and whoever thought putting this sign up was a good plan seriously needs to ass kicking.
I do firmly believe that one of the reasons that people are such assholes these days is because they aren't expecting an ass-whuppin for it.
I don't think we should base our laws on how easily offended a group might be. Christians tend to take offenses in stride in this country, but Muslims and blacks do not. therefore, we should restrain our speech for those groups? Doesn't sound "right" in either sense of the word. A fire, on the other hand, burns everyone regardless of race or religion.
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