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> "Hope they [ie, Celtic supporters] all die. Simple. Catholic scumbags ha ha." This is non-violent political speech?
by zajd 6y ago
> "Hope they [ie, Celtic supporters] all die. Simple. Catholic scumbags ha ha."
This is non-violent political speech?
- chroma 6y agoRobert Watts said this about the draft during the Vietnam war: > They always holler at us to get an education. And now I have already received my draft classification as 1—A and I have got to report for my physical this Monday coming. I am not going. If they ever make me carry a rifle the first man I want to get in my sights is L.B.J. L.B.J. meaning president Lyndon B. Johnson. Watts did this in front of a crowd while miming aiming with a rifle. The crowd applauded him. SCOTUS ruled it legal under the first amendment.[1] I agree with their decision and I wish more countries had such stringent protections for freedom of expression. 1. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/394/705 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/394/705
- zajd 6y agoI agree it's political speech, but it's definitely not "non-violent". If you try to provide examples of non-violent political speech and your first example is someone calling for the deaths of Catholics as group... well, I dunno, seems like maybe there's a better tack to take.