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saidsimplesimon

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12. I've once asked the same question.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 05:21 PM

Mar 2019

The response was as other members have already posted. Freedom of Speech is a pillar for our Constitutional Republic, so I'm told, that means even the most racist, bigoted, misogynistic, or antisemitic speech is protected.

There is also nothing to prevent anyone from protesting such speech, shaming the behaviour and attempting to inflict financial damage upon those who abuse others.

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California transit agency allows ad from Holocaust denial group [View all] FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 OP

That sucks. But since BART is a public agency, they have to allow it. Aristus Mar 2019 #1

Correction: they are now "electronic billboards subject to vandalism" (n/t) Auggie Mar 2019 #2

Do we have a Constitutional right to spread hate? And lies? I'd be willing to go to jail ... marble falls Mar 2019 #3

Yes. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 #5

I've once asked the same question. saidsimplesimon Mar 2019 #12

Today's lesson in "The first amendment, what it compels". n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2019 #4

I wonder when the Klan's ad starts? ripcord Mar 2019 #6

From 2016 - KKK wins "Adopt-a-Highway" lawsuit in Georgia PoliticAverse Mar 2019 #7

This just baffles the hell out of me... Hulk Mar 2019 #8

Just deny it. Then deny it again. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2019 #10

Did you know there are peoole that think the earth is flat?... PoliticAverse Mar 2019 #13

Oh, sure...but are they a serious threat to anyone with a sound intelligence Hulk Mar 2019 #16

Just permit riders to paste over them. Hulk Mar 2019 #9

Why have advertising in the BART stations at all? PSPS Mar 2019 #11

How much are you willing to pay for a transit fare? brooklynite Mar 2019 #18

As more of the survivors die, this will become worse. Behind the Aegis Mar 2019 #14

Free speech is one thing. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2019 #15

No, free speech is THE thing... brooklynite Mar 2019 #19

When did free speech become an ad buy? Mosby Mar 2019 #20

Hate speech is not free speech. jcmaine72 Mar 2019 #17