{"id":20203,"date":"2023-06-20T00:11:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=20203"},"modified":"2023-06-20T00:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:11:20","slug":"federal-judge-actually-there-is-a-hate-speech-exception-to-the-1st-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/06\/20\/federal-judge-actually-there-is-a-hate-speech-exception-to-the-1st-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge: Actually There IS A Hate Speech Exception To The 1st Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4473\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shut_Up_H8er.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shut_Up_H8er.jpg 350w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shut_Up_H8er-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Expressing wrongthink is now a clear and present danger: A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunnyright\/status\/1669876191937929216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court has cleared a school<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1669858762285363200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censor a student who wore a t-shirt<\/a> that said \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2023\/06\/16\/court-public-school-likely-may-ban-student-from-wearing-there-are-only-two-genders-t-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS<\/a>\u201d because expressing something that others don\u2019t agree with violates the later groups right \u201cto be secure and let alone\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPlaintiff \u2026 is unable to counter Defendants&#8217; showing that enforcement of the Dress Code was undertaken to protect the invasion of the rights of other students to a safe and secure educational environment. School administrators were well within their discretion to conclude that the statement \u2018THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS&#8221; may communicate that only two gender identities\u2014male and female\u2014are valid, and any others are invalid or nonexistent, and to conclude that students who identify differently, whether they do so openly or not, have a right to attend school without being confronted by messages attacking their identities. As Tinker explained, schools can prohibit speech that is in &#8220;collision with the rights of others to be secure and be let alone.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is basically the \u201cstochastic terrorism\u201d argument of harm. That someone who identifies as some made up gender might feel bullied because not every student is at least passively validating their delusions. \u00a0 Of course, if a student wore a t-shirt that said \u201cGender is a Spectrum\u201d, there is now a school would ban that shirt even if a student who wore that was actively engaging in bullying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cSome\u2026\u201d after all, \u201care more equal than others\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19157\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19157\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19157\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/animal-farm-1954-animated-movie-all-animals-are-equal-but-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others-barn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/animal-farm-1954-animated-movie-all-animals-are-equal-but-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others-barn.jpg 600w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/animal-farm-1954-animated-movie-all-animals-are-equal-but-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others-barn-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meanwhile\u2026 in a Massachusetts School.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Heck, a child simply saying they don\u2019t want drag queens twerking in front of their face would likely be prohibited speech, because only <em>some<\/em> students can invoke a right to \u201cfeel safe\u201d since anyone deemed to be arguing from a position of systemic privilege <em>can\u2019t<\/em> feel unsafe, dontchaknow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The full decision can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.257252\/gov.uscourts.mad.257252.51.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\" L.M. v. 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