Texas teen jailed after League of Legends argument

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DucksUnlimited said:

BasilZero said:

DucksUnlimited said:

Ahh, so you voted yes just because. That sounds much more reasonable.

The fact that you wouldn't mind the complete elimination of freedom of speech is just...wow.

Complete elimination? lol

Apparently not accepting tasteless jokes makes me want to eliminate freedom of speech ok. So do you want me to go out and say the same thing as he did? I'm pretty sure I wont get jail confinement, I'll probably get the death penalty once they look at my skin color l0l.

If you're only allowed to say what other people determine is acceptable for you to say, then freedom of speech has been completely eliminated. There is no inbetween with something like that. You can't be "kinda free."

Not accepting tasteless jokes would be fine. You're welcome to ignore them, or ask the person saying them to stop. Suggesting that it's fine if the government takes action against people because they said something you didn't want to hear is not okay. Not to mention the fact that if it became illegal for people to say offensive things, stand-up would be awful lol.

This.

This is clear First Amendment territory. Notice how the First Amendment doesn't say "unless you don't like it" or "unless it's a threat".