Profanity fine leads to planned protest

By William R. Toler

WARNING: In the spirit of free speech, this post is completely uncensored.

A recent decision by a Massachusetts town to fine foul language has spurred a massive, planned showing of civil disobedience.

Liberty activist Adam Kokesh announced on his online show “ADAM VS THE MAN” that he would be hosting the event Free FUCKING Speech Demonstration in Middleborough, MA. The profanity party is scheduled to take place at the Middleborough Town Hall June 25. The same town hall where residents voted 183-50 to impose a $20 fine on cussing in public, according to the AP .

Cussing at cop was free speech

By Corey Friedman

The thin blue line provides no protection from a blue streak.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a man’s vulgar tirade against a Brookings, S.D. police officer was protected speech under the First Amendment. The man was charged with disorderly conduct after he shouted profanities at a passing patrol car.

Justices found that Marcus J. Suhn’s foulmouthed jeering didn’t cross the threshold of “fighting words,” which are not protected by the Constitution.

While it’s never advisable to cuss out a cop, using a vulgar word to express disagreement is — in most cases — constitutionally protected, according to legal experts at the First Amendment Center and American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina.

We should mind our tempers and watch our mouths, but salty language should never be enough to land you in the pokey.

Giving the finger to free speech

By Corey Friedman

The proud and rugged Lone Star State should amend its slogan: Don’t mess with Texas, because it’s easily offended.

Capt. Alfred Decker, the assistant fire marshal for LaMarque, Texas, charged a woman with disorderly conduct after he overheard her using the f-word in a Wal-Mart store, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Kathryn Fridge, 28, said the word during a moment of frustration. She was looking for batteries in the superstore last week when the Texas Gulf was gearing up for a tropical storm. Finding the shelf bare, she told her mother that the batteries were “all f—ing gone,” the Chronicle reported.