WATCH: Former DNC Head Dean Says AGAIN That Coulter Isn’t Protected By First Amendment. He’s Wrong, Of Course.
Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday, former DNC head Howard Dean doubled down on his claim that Ann Coulter’s speech is not protected by the First Amendment.
Last week, Dean responded on Twitter to a quote from Coulter many years ago regarding Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh.Dean tweeted, “Hate speech is not protedted by the First Amendment.”
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Even left-wing Politifact took issue with Dean’s claim, bluntly calling it “false.” Politifact noted:
Politifact also quoted James Weinstein, from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor Law School, asserting, “It would be unconstitutional to ban someone from putting a racial epithet on a sign at a protest. But if someone used the same racial epithet while credibly saying they plan to harm someone of that race, that might count as a threat and therefore lose its First Amendment protection. But the speech loses the protection because it’s a threat, not because it’s hate speech.”
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Ah Yes, Any Speech Progressives Don't Like - It IS Hate Speech
Sanders Challenging SnowFlakes to Critical Thinking
I like it, but its like teaching a pig to sing
Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday, former DNC head Howard Dean doubled down on his claim that Ann Coulter’s speech is not protected by the First Amendment.
Last week, Dean responded on Twitter to a quote from Coulter many years ago regarding Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh.Dean tweeted, “Hate speech is not protedted by the First Amendment.”
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Even left-wing Politifact took issue with Dean’s claim, bluntly calling it “false.” Politifact noted:
There are some exceptions to the free speech clause in the First Amendment, but "hate speech" is not one of them. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held up the right of an individual or group to engage in speech that much of the public likely finds offensive, like displaying swastikas, burning crosses or protesting a soldier’s funeral.
Politifact also quoted James Weinstein, from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor Law School, asserting, “It would be unconstitutional to ban someone from putting a racial epithet on a sign at a protest. But if someone used the same racial epithet while credibly saying they plan to harm someone of that race, that might count as a threat and therefore lose its First Amendment protection. But the speech loses the protection because it’s a threat, not because it’s hate speech.”
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Ah Yes, Any Speech Progressives Don't Like - It IS Hate Speech
Bernie Sanders RIPS Millennials Trying To Shut Up Ann Coulter
Speaking about the current fallout following an invitation to conservative commentator and New York Times bestselling author Ann Coulter to speak at the University of California, Berkeley, Sanders said he was displeased with the college students' reaction.
"I don’t like this. I don’t like it," said Sanders.
"Obviously Ann Coulter’s outrageous ― to my mind, off the wall. But you know, people have a right to give their two cents-worth, give a speech, without fear of violence and intimidation," the Vermont socialist added.
The 2016 presidential candidate shamed the millennials trying to shut up Coulter further, explaining that this was "a sign of intellectual weakness."
"To me, it’s a sign of intellectual weakness," he stated. "If you can’t ask Ann Coulter in a polite way questions which expose the weakness of her arguments, if all you can do is boo, or shut her down, or prevent her from coming, what does that tell the world?"
Sanders Challenging SnowFlakes to Critical Thinking
I like it, but its like teaching a pig to sing
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On Friday, comedian Bill Maher offered a rebuttal, saying:
"I feel like this is the liberals' version of book burning, and it's got to stop. Howard Dean tweeted ... about this: 'Hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment.' Yes it is! Threats are not protected by the First Amendment.
This is why the Supreme Court said the Nazis could march in Skokie. They're a hateful bunch – but that's what the First Amendment means. It doesn't mean just shut up, and agree with me."
Bill Maher is correct – but Howard Dean is simply playing a small part in the larger progressive agenda. The progressive movement is pushing to have "hate speech" placed under the same umbrella as threats of harm.
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