Does the KKK have a right to Free Speech?

Their history is mostly 70s down.
During the 70s, I would agree with you. During the 2000s, I can not.

Not necessarily. Americans making these T-shirts:

Isn't much of a terrorist threat to me.

I think for it to be a terrorist threat - there has to be a threat =P
Just recreating it with symbols could mean a number of things.

 

131 people here think racists have a right to free speech? That's incredible. Someone explain to me why they have that right.

 

Like Pat Paulsen once said- free speech is dangerous, and if you tolerate it, you're always in danger of hearing something get said.

 

They have that right because of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

 

I was about to say that.

=P

 

Re: 1st amendment of the constitution of the United States

 

unfortunately >yes

but just speech- if violence starts because of free speech,, then they must be locked up like we were - when we stood behind our free speech in the 60,s(and most of us were peaceful) we stood for issues that werent about hate !!

Its a touchy issue -that 1st amendment- btw- good line remembering Pat paulson

 

Wasn't slavery once legal in your constitution?

 

Slavery was actually never part of the US constitution, legal or illegal, it was completely ignored(except for the 3/5 rule when it came to representation/taxation on them) it was such a contetious issue even in 1789 it was totally left up to the states. Which created further problems down the road as it became the pink elephant in federal congress, it was becoming a huge issue but no one had the balls to bring it up because at first there was always a delicate compromise kept that slave and free states would be equal in the senate, then when this started to become a problem, popular sovereignty, bleeding Kansas, ect happened, in another words the issue was just totally ignored again and left to the states.

 

I voted yes. No matter how stupid they are or some other groups are they can speak. But when groups start harassing people or advocating violence then they need to be shut down.

 

Free speech is just that, but you are also free to not listen or to ignore. Of course there are times you might use care in ignoring, such as "Stop! or I'll shoot."

Just to insert some humor here:

Some $5 gold coins, legal tender minted by the U.S. mint and authorized by Congress are currently being released for sale. And most importantly it is stated that they are "Fully backed by the U.S. government." Which I suppose means you can exchange them at any time for paper dollars.

Hold on to all those 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollar notes you can get your hands on, they might become a safety net for the future.

 

yep...even assholes have freedom of speech.

 

Obviously.

 

Yes. Eventhough I detest the KKK, I would not want to take thier right to assemble and protest. If they stay within the law, they should be free to do so.

 

I feel that they shouldnt. Im sure when the constitution was written and they put free speech in their they werent meaning allowing something that equals something illegal. I.E. with their free speech comes hate crimes and i feel is a hate crime itslef.

 

I think you should study your history a bit more. Here in Boston we have an awareness of our local patriots such as Sam Adams, Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, John Hancock, John Adams, and many more. People struggling to overcome tyranny treasure freedom of speech. I think we have the right interpretation of the First Amendment.

Think a bit about how easy it would be, if we did not have this freedom and right-wingers were in power here in America, which could easily happen, to pass laws prohibiting anyone from expressing a positive opinion of LSD.

 

You do realize most of the founding fathers were in fact guilty of illegal speech, they were criminals, all people who took part in the revolution, from Thomas Paine for printing Common Sense, to all the people who signed the deceleration of independence, had we lost the war the British basically had a list of signatures of people to hang for treason.

 

Im not talking founding fathers im talking about the KKK what they do sums up to hate crimes which isnt acceptable so they shouldnt be allowed free speech in that sense. It sounds like your defending the KKK dude.

 

Have't you realized that its the same fuckin difference?


Its not a matter of protecting the KKK..


Its a matter of protecting our so-called "right" to free speech.


The KKK is quite inconsequential, really.

 

No, you were talking about the founding fathers and the constitution. I am defending the KKK, at least their right to free speech, as most people in this thread have. Free speech is for everyone, it's not free speech if you pick and choose what people get to say.

Basically this, the KKK is tiny these days. There are mainstream groups that spew near outright hatred for gays, immigrants, ect.