Speech Police

Example A: A Bill in the Florida Legislature would ban the term “Illegal Alien” from the state’s legal documents. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami, has introduced a bill providing that: "A state agency or official may not use the term 'illegal alien' in an official document of the state."
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Example B: When a few classmates razzed Rebeka Rice about her Mormon upbringing with questions such as, "Do you have 10 moms?" she shot back: "That's so gay." Those three words landed the high school freshman in the principal's office and resulted in a lawsuit that raises this question: When do playground insults used every day all over America cross the line into hate speech that must be stamped out? Read more..

It should be noted that there is no constitutional protection against being insulted, unless of course, other constitutionally protected rights, such as free speech, are curtailed. Where is the ACLU?

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