Wednesday, June 24, 2009

FEED: The legality, or lack thereof, of cross burning

This article is very useful for its citation of Virginia v Black. I love knowing what the relevant legal thinking is behind these issues. And good old hate speech is a hearty perennial amongst LDers and their ilk. We even had a cross-burning in the Land of the Sailors not too long ago (not related to the debating Sailors per se, of course).

The question is: should cross burning be considered as a form of speech that merits the protection of the freedom of speech (the First Amendment in the U.S.), or should it rather be an example of hate speech that can and should be made illegal? More...

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