What is Freedom Of Speech ?

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Can you point out the last time someone was arrested for saying something like that?

Who said anyone got arrested? I said that's what free speech is. If America is home to free speech, then hopefully no one got arrested!

[Redleg]

Who said anyone got arrested? I said that's what free speech is. If America is home to free speech, then hopefully no one got arrested!

Again ask yourself the question....The answer is self-evident once one looks for the answer.....

[Major Robert Dump]

You could be arrested for using the F-word in public if it happened in a setting where it could be deemed public indecency, or disturbing the peace. Who else is present is just as important as where you are. Yelling it at a commencement ceremony will put you at odds with the university rules, but yelling it from your dorm window as the president walks to his car likley wouldn't. Yelling it in front of children could get you arrested, yelling it in front of a group of adults likely wouldn't.



I'm really a big fan of unadultered freedom of speech(with libel and slander exceptions), but am torn on the issue when it comes to indecency laws because of scumbags who blare vulgar music out of cars around kids, old ladys and teenage girls.

[JimBob]

The ability to speak your mind and say what you wish so long as it does no harm to anyone else. You can't slander, and you can't shout fire in a crowded theater.