Do you support or oppose race based limitations on free speech as discussed in the following article?

Question

http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=071906C

Answer 1

Yeah, this is another example of where the Ninth Circuit goes off the rails into la-la land.

There's a long precedent for treating hate-based speech as unprotected, under the fighting words doctrine. However, there is no precedent whatsoever (that I'm aware of) for treating some hate-based speech (against non-minorities) as deserving more protection than other hate-based speech (against minorities).

In fact, there's already Supreme Court precedent (the RAV case that every ConLaw student reads) that says courts cannot treat one sub-category of unprotected speech differently than another category.

I hope the Ninth Circuit stops being irrational, because decisions like this just make it harder for everyone to be treated equally.

Answer 2

There should be no limitations on anyone just because of their race. Everyone has their own opinion and if they want to they should be able to express it