Dog Fight Videos Are Free Speech

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Danzig

you say exactly what i was thinking.
they took on the westboro case-i don't imagine they'll rule the way many want them to there either. i find those people despicable, but i don't see how the court can't rule they're entitled to free speech.

I really loaaaaathe the Westboro folks...but I'm not particularly fond of the idea of them losing any right to do what they do, no matter how despicable their message may be. There is really almost no time I won't err on the side of free speech. It doesn't mean it can't have social consequences, ie people saying things like that losing their jobs (in other instances), but I'm almost universally on the side of a person's right to say it in the first place.