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Question: These are just some situations not meant to be comphrensive
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A "White Sheet Event" in front of a mosque or in a majority-minority neighborhood		  
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Burning a Flag at a Fourth of July Parade from a parade float		  
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Marching a picket line with aborted fetuses across the road from an Elementary School		  
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Protesting Gay Marriage with pickets depicted graphic homosexual activity		  
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An advertisement on a billboard that protrays breastfeeding		  
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The word "" on a large billboard on the interstate		  
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A logo on Malt Liquor that reads "Dope Ass sh**t"		  
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« on: August 31, 2016, 08:51:26 PM »
The last option says it all.
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2016, 07:39:53 AM »
I took an entire class on the First Amendment that was built on hypotheticals like these. Of course, what I think the First Amendment says and what I think should be allowed differs a bit (I generally think the First Amendment is too broad).

Based on the First Amendment readings I find most persuasive, 1, 2, 4, and 7 are probably protected. 3 can be restricted in the form of a "time, place, and manner" regulation, and 5 and 6 based on a captive audience situation insofar as it's impossible not to see a large billboard.
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2016, 07:43:18 AM »
All but the last option.
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2016, 07:46:52 AM »
Some seem in the area of pornography (graphic homo sex depictions), and carrying around actual dead fetuses is illegal for health reasons. Those items are not protected speech. The rest are.
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2016, 07:51:01 AM »
What about just pictures of aborted fetuses?
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2016, 08:58:42 AM »
Quote from: Spicy Purrito on September 01, 2016, 07:51:01 AM
What about just pictures of aborted fetuses?

That is protected.
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2016, 09:28:02 PM »
What Torie said.
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2016, 09:49:54 PM »
Since this is in Individual Politics I'm going to assume this is about what should be legal according to us, as opposed to what is actually legal. 2 and 3 should clearly be illegal, I'm in doubt about 1 but lean legal, and the rest should clearly be legal.
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2016, 12:49:21 AM »
What's a White Sheet Event?
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« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2016, 12:52:52 AM »
Um you cant burn a flag or anything unless its your own.
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« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2016, 02:02:01 AM »
All of them except the malt liquor motto and "" on a billboard depending on what the word is.
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2016, 08:30:32 AM »
I think what is meant by a "white sheet event" is something like a KKK rally. 
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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2016, 08:34:23 AM »
On the first option, I personally detest such groups as the KKK (it's one reason why I won't vote for Trump).  However, as long as they don't resort to violence to try get their message across, groups should be free to hold "white sheet rallies" anywhere they wish.  :-/
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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2016, 08:35:42 AM »
Quote from: Moderate Hero on September 02, 2016, 12:52:52 AM
Um you cant burn a flag or anything unless its your own.

Actually, the courts have ruled this to be free speech....personally, I believe that they are in error. 
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« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2016, 01:55:27 PM »
Quote from: FairBol on September 02, 2016, 08:35:42 AM
Quote from: Moderate Hero on September 02, 2016, 12:52:52 AM
Um you cant burn a flag or anything unless its your own.

Actually, the courts have ruled this to be free speech....personally, I believe that they are in error. 

wait how can you burn someone else flag when its not even your own. I mean thats that person flag not yours
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« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2016, 02:32:39 PM »
Are you saying would or should? In terms of "would", I don't know if a poll is the best way to gauge. In terms of "should", definitely all but 3 and 6, and maybe 6 as well. 3 is the only one I would definitively cross out, and I voted for all but 3.
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« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2016, 02:43:58 PM »
Only #2 should be. Maybe #1, but that seems pretty bad imo.
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« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2016, 02:54:30 PM »
I find the idea of two speech marks on a billboard a grotesque crime against nature.
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« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2016, 07:32:55 PM »
Quote from: ClintonianCake on September 12, 2016, 02:54:30 PM
I find the idea of two speech marks on a billboard a grotesque crime against nature.

Well, it is the word "" afterall.
And option three could just be pictures of aborted fetuses shown in front of children at recess.
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