Whats the call?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

...There was also talk in the media about charges being brought against Avery. Where do they come up with this crap? At most, this is a civil matter that involves only one person who can determine whether to file or not. OTOH, if the comments, no matter how distasteful, were to be found as accurate, what then?

Now you're getting into how freedom of speech is really being abridged. There is a whole series of legislation that results in the government passing laws that restrict freedom of speech. Employment discrimination laws, "hostile work place" laws, harassment based on gender, national origin, religion, etc., laws, hate crime laws... all of these are laws that in their application have come to mean that a person can be prosecuted and put into prison based solely on what they say. Just because a law has good intentions does not make it a good law. With the incoming administration, this has no where to go but down.