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eudamoniac 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Afroman found not liable in defamation case

It is viscerally against my cultural upbringing for the government to make illegal a verbal insult, it seems like an incredible overreach. I'm genuinely culture shocked hearing this. I'd be no more shocked hearing that it's illegal to dye one's hair.

maest 4 months ago [–]

Fyi, insults are illegal in the US, under certain conditions, under the fighting words doctrine.

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