[MD] Free Speech

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Arlo]
I hope the conservative outcry over these are loud!

[Platt]
And I hope the liberal outcry of [attempts to ban the word "nigger"] is louder:

[Arlo]
Don't worry, I support your freedom to use the word "nigger", Platt. Like I
said, it makes identifying fools (whether rappers or rednecks, thugs or
comedians) all the easier for the rest of us. So, are you on my side in
condemning Maine and Denver? (For outlawing beer based on the label, and fining
a woman for displaying a peace-shaped wreath).

Here's another issue. Is this a violation of free speech?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/02/funeral.protest.ap/index.html

Since you seem to champion the cause of derogatory-laden speech, do you permit
them to use this speech to disrupt funerals? Why or why not?

BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) -- A church group that protests at military funerals
around the country will be barred from services for an American Indian soldier
on a reservation, tribal officials say.

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, planned to demonstrate
at National Guard Cpl. Nathan Goodiron's funeral on Saturday at the Fort
Berthold Indian Reservation.

Church members say the deaths of soldiers are punishment from God for the
country's tolerance of homosexuals.

Tribal leaders passed a resolution Friday that prohibits the group from
protesting on the reservation, said Marcus Wells Jr., chairman of the Three
Affiliated Tribes.

"We will not tolerate any harassment that is intended to provoke ill feelings
and violence," he said.