Check out the url below AFTER you read the post...
http://sandrarose.com/2008/06/05/the-assassination-of-barack-obama-freedom-of-expression-or-racism/#more-1362
In America we have this wonderful thing called the 1st Amendment...
As a blogger, journalist and poet by calling, and "jerk-in-residence" at an institution of higher learning right now, I use the right to freedom of speech guaranteed by that amendment to the fullest...
Through freedom of speech we are guaranteed the right to freely express ourselves regardless of the medium...
However, there are certain fundamental things that you must understand about freedom of speech....
There are three types of speech that are not protected...
One is slander/libel...
The other is Hate Speech/"Fighting Words"...
I fully understand that the use of such speech would possibly get me arrested, reprimanded, and I could very well become the defendant in a lawsuit...
With that being said, I'm going to need people to understand that the use of NOOSES directed at a black person (Whether they are Joe Schmoe on the street or, like in this case, Senator Barack Obama) it is HATE SPEECH and should have no expectations of protection.
Calling Senator Obama's daughters "Nappy Headed Hoes" is not unprotected...but it is most definitely outside the boundaries of good taste...
Why does it seem that the racial division of this country is a festering sore...rather than a healing wound?
I don't really understand right now...
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