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russell_h
on March 24, 2011
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Neil Gaiman: Why defend freedom of icky speech?
To clarify: are you talking about the U.S. or another country (a moment on Google suggests maybe Australia?). I'm almost certain that writing "God Hates Blacks" (or waving a sign saying that, etc) is perfectly legal in the United States.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech#United_States
jules
on March 24, 2011
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Sorry, you are correct. I Googled "anti discrimination laws US" and didn't check that the page it gave me was actually about the US.
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See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech#United_States