The Fist Amendment and Hate Speech

Hate speech, I have to say is one of the most controversial arguments when considering the fine line that we have to draw when people claim that it is their constitutional right to oppress others with their words based on their religion, nationality, gender, sexual preference, or skin tone. Since 1942, where the Supreme Court ruled in favor of New Hampshire in the Chaplinksy v. New Hampshire, fighting words were considered to be outside our first …

…This is the way the mass media works in America today, providing different perspectives on news. If you don’t like listening to them, obtain your news elsewhere. If you want to here a liberal spin, tune in to MSNBC, ABC, or CBS. If you want fair balanced news, tune in to FOX. It’s your decision, and similarly it can be a student’s decision to provide two contrasting opinions when releasing controversial information.