I’m simply respecting your right to free speech. You have the right to say and think, ‘Billionaires deserve to die.’ That’s your First Amendment right, and I respect your right to think it. However, at the exact same time, I 100% also have the right to say, ‘You deserve cancer. I hope your kids get cancer, and if your 5-year-old son dies in a school shooting, he deserves it.’
Yes, and it’s everyone else’s legal right to both tell you what they think of what you said, and refuse to associate with you.
Laws are in place because of precedent. New precedent is set every day.
Society makes laws, but is greater than its laws. Laws don’t define society, they help enforce it.
I’m simply respecting your right to free speech. You have the right to say and think, ‘Billionaires deserve to die.’ That’s your First Amendment right, and I respect your right to think it. However, at the exact same time, I 100% also have the right to say, ‘You deserve cancer. I hope your kids get cancer, and if your 5-year-old son dies in a school shooting, he deserves it.’
We already established that. You have the right to express your opinion. That doesn’t mean there are no consequences to doing so.