Originally Posted by
stevenshev
PTravel, I'm sure you took ConLaw. I know I took ConLaw. I just don't think we took the same ConLaw. I'd think the government would have a legitimate claim that gratuitous profanity in a public place is not protected speech.
Where did I say anything about gratuitous profanity in a public place? What is postulated in this thread is a specific protest to a specific government action. Raising the finger in a nude-o-scope is not gratuitous profanity, but political speech that falls firmly within
Cohen v. Superior Court.