It's a complex and emotionally charged issue. A others have said, even truly offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment. A case that went to the Sup

It's a complex and emotionally charged issue. A others have said, even truly offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment. A case that went to the Supreme Court back in 2010, Snyder vs Phelps, allowed the Westboro Baptist church to say it's offensive things at the funeral of a slain Iraqi soldier from the location on the sidewalk where the police instructed them to stand. While the First Amendment protects public speech, that doesn't mean I have to allow somebody to stand on my lawn and spew. They have to be 'in public'. An interesting question for me is, should Facebook be considered 'in public'? Is there an argument that it's a venue that is not public? If Mark Zuckerberg invited everybody in America to a party at his house, he wouldn't be obligated to tolerate speech he didn't like. And the people saying awful things have the opportunity to say what they went in various public forums. Their own blogs, the street corner, email. Suppressing speech in every possible forum is clearly a violation of the First Amendment, but what if it's only suppressed in some forums?