ACLU Sues To Protect Your Right To Swear

The ACLU is suing the police in Pennsylvania for issuing tickets to people who swear. They argue that it is every American's constitutional right to drop an F-bomb. From the article: "'Unfortunately, many police departments in the commonwealth do not seem to be getting the message that swearing is not a crime,' said Marieke Tuthill of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. 'The courts have repeatedly found that profanity, unlike obscenity, is protected speech.'" This is a big f*cking deal.

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first f-ing post!

[rock_climbing_guy]

Sorry, I couldn't f-ing resist!

The Funny ACLU

[niko9]

I won't be supporting the national ACLU anytime soon. Seems that they love every bit of the constitution except the Second Amendment. Even after the Supreme Court handed down its Heller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller) decision, they had the audacity to disagree with them and spout all sorts of non-sense about "the militia".

So, we can drop F-bomb all day long, but I don't have the right to self defense? What good is that if the one's on the receiving end of the F-bombs have all the guns??

At least some states chapters of the ACLU have differing opinions: http://onemansthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/nevada-aclu-supports-an-individual%E2%80%99s-right-to-bear-arms-2/

Links:
http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice_prisoners-rights_drug-law-reform_immigrants-rights/second-amendment

Re:What's with the asterisk, Slashdot?

[bbbaldie]

"You can't fool me, shoot is just shit with two o's" --George Carlin

Re:What's with the asterisk, Slashdot?

[Smauler]

Letter count c*nting fail.