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Report Copyright Violation | Here we go: MSN: After Texas shooting: If free speech is provocative, should there be limits? Organizers of the Muhammad Art Exhibit in Garland, Texas, knew violence was a possibility.
They shelled out $10,000 for extra security to patrol the controversial event, which featured a speech by a Dutch politician who is on al-Qaida's "hit list" and a contest for the best cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. Local law enforcement was on the alert. A SWAT team and a bomb squad patrolled.
The two gunmen who opened fire with assault weapons outside the exhibit on Sunday were killed by a police officer. They have been identified by law enforcement as Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, both of Phoenix. They appear, from social media posts, to have been motivated by a desire to become mujahedeen, or holy warriors.
The attack highlights the tensions between protecting Americans' treasured right to freedom of expression and preserving public safety, and it raises questions about when — if ever — government should intervene.
There are two exceptions from the constitutional right to free speech — defamation and the doctrine of "fighting words" or "incitement," said John Szmer, an associate professor of political science and a constitutional law expert at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. [ link to www.msn.com] |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Here we go: MSN: After Texas shooting: If free speech is provocative, should there be limits? MSN=COMMUNISM |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Here we go: MSN: After Texas shooting: If free speech is provocative, should there be limits? The zionist would love nothing than more than to silence their critics, they hate the second amendment, in many countries holocaust denial is a crime. |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Here we go: MSN: After Texas shooting: If free speech is provocative, should there be limits? MSN=COMMUNISM
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59494785 all mainstream media sucks |
