ACLU legal director, 10 years ago: > "The First Amendment really was designed to protect a debate at the fringes. You don't need the courts to protect speech t

ACLU legal director, 10 years ago: > "The First Amendment really was designed to protect a debate at the fringes. You don't need the courts to protect speech that everybody agrees with, because that speech will be tolerated. You need a First Amendment to protect speech that people regard as intolerable or outrageous or offensive — because that is when the majority will wield its power to censor or suppress, and we have a First Amendment to prevent the government from doing that. https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/rights-protesters/protecting-outrageous-offensive-speech https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/rights-protesters/prot...