You can’t arrest him just for holding the sign. But there’s no reason you can’t stand next to him with a sign that says “Kill a douchebag” and has an arrow pointing in his general direction. The same freedom of speech that protects him also protects him. And makes him a laughingstock.
Go out and hold up a sign reading “Kill a Muslim” and see what happens.
“You can’t arrest him just for holding the sign. But there’s no reason you can’t stand next to him with a sign that says “Kill a douchebag” and has an arrow pointing in his general direction. The same freedom of speech that protects him also protects him. And makes him a laughingstock.”
True but the cops always have the catchall of disturbing the peace. They can make an arrest on those terms and see how it plays out.
“You can’t arrest him just for holding the sign. “
Why not? Cops are even killing people all the time....for far less..for nothing.
“You can’t arrest him just for holding the sign.”
If it said “shoot up a mosque” and then promised to provide the guns to accomplish that to anyone interested, would it still be protected by the First Amendment...and do you think government would sit back and say “sorry, nothing we can do”.
In other words, there are limits to speech and these people need to be ARRESTED for inciting violence.