You are free to walk down the streets of Harlem with an “I hate niggers” sign. The law still protects you from assault or other actions that others may take against you. You may get fired from your job for such an action, but even then you would still have the right to pursue a wrongful dismissal case.
As for libel/slander. First of all, it’s a civil issue, and you won’t be jailed for it. Secondly, in the US it requires a significant burden of proof. A plaintiff must show it was more likely than not that:
there were actual damages.
the statements were false.
the person knew the statements were false.
the person intended the statements to be harmful.
There’s also anti-SLAPP laws which provide additional protection from entities attempting to use a lawsuit to stop speech.
You are free to walk down the streets of Harlem with an “I hate niggers” sign. The law still protects you from assault or other actions that others may take against you. You may get fired from your job for such an action, but even then you would still have the right to pursue a wrongful dismissal case.
As for libel/slander. First of all, it’s a civil issue, and you won’t be jailed for it. Secondly, in the US it requires a significant burden of proof. A plaintiff must show it was more likely than not that:
There’s also anti-SLAPP laws which provide additional protection from entities attempting to use a lawsuit to stop speech.
So you’re saying there are consequences for using hate speech.
That you may have to get the justice system involved to support your rights. I suppose you can call that a consequence.
So consequences exist for free speech. Thank you for finally getting on board.
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It does. Or haven’t you talked to someone with that skin tone.
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