Simple Guidelines For Freedom Of Speech

"Quote:" Defamation is not Free Speech
There will always be debate about limits on free speech but I would think it is only extreme libertarians who would seriously argue that defamation (untrue derogatory statement about an individual) should be protected as free speech.
It is my view that the truth of a statement should always be an adequate defence against any attack on it but the converse of that is that untrue statements may deserve punishment if they are harmful. "End Of Quote"John J. Ray

Something like this might reduce the idioticy of political correctness as outlined in the following:

If someone is bl*ck, you must not mention it. A Massachusetts jury convicted a bl*ck man of murdering a white woman but there is now a move afoot to have the verdict appealed because some jury members were "racist". What made them racists? Apparently, during jury deliberations, one juror referred to the defendant as "an intimidating big bl*ck guy" and another referred to him as ""200-pound bl*ck guy".

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So mentioning the obvious is now racist in Massachusetts. Why am I not surprised?