Aren't there public decency laws today. I see all these

[doc03]

Fuck Biden and Biden sucks flags. I saw a guy selling flags with a giant penis and Biden Sucks printed on it yesterday.
You can't talk like that on public airwaves or put that headline on a news paper. But you can have an 8 foot flag in your front yard or on a pickup.
This is in Ohio, I posted an op a couple days ago about not seeing trash like this in NC or TN but it is acceptable behavior in Ohio. WTF is wrong with this state?

[spanone]

1. Seems we're headed toward a nation of assholes.

...and I hate it.

[RKP5637]

15. It's gross/horrible, but it sure looks like that.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. I cannot answer your question

But it seems that decency here in Ohio has totally vanished and I’m disgusted, too.

[rsdsharp]

3. First amendment

Cohen v. California (1971). The Supreme Court held that a man had a right to wear a jacket on which was written the words “Fuck the draft.”

The image of the penis may be problematic, but the words aren’t.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. It's protected speech

It does drive down property value

[doc03]

5. But burning the flag or taking a knee is also free

speech but Republicans try to outlaw that. I always hear it does have its limits like yelling fire in a crowded theater but a president can incite an insurection and nothing can be done.

[brooklynite]

7. "but Republicans try to outlaw that"...and fortunately, they aren't able to.

If you support free speech, it has to apply to both sides.

Hundreds of Artists Have Come Together to Say ‘Fuck Trump’
Los Angeles gallery iam8bit launched the ongoing virtual exhibit on the President’s birthday

On Sunday, June 14, the Echo Park-based creative production studio and art gallery iam8bit launched fucktrump.art, a hybrid virtual exhibition and protest where all of the works read “Fuck Trump” and are available to download for free as web and print resolution files so that anyone can share the message online or IRL.

The date of the launch was significant—it was Donald Trump’s birthday and Flag Day, as well as a day often used to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride—and the message was strong. Jon M. Gibson and Amanda White, co-founders of iam8bit, describe it as a “primal scream.”

“It’s like punctuation for us at this point,” says White of the phrase “Fuck Trump,” adding that their hope is for “everyone who disagrees with the administration to be comfortable screaming it at the top of their lungs.”

https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/fuck-trump/

[Groundhawg]

6. There are a lot of that crap where I live too. No accounting for taste.

[RKP5637]

8. I've always thought the US takes free speech too far. We need responsible free speech, but not

crap speech IMO.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

20. Wow!!!

You think the US takes freedom of speech too far?
Well, alrighty then.

[RussBLib]

9. sounds like Texas

Thanks, Trump!

It was never this bad before the Orange Menace elbowed his way to the top.

[RKP5637]

17. Yep, I don't ever recall it being this bad before the grotesque Ex-President Orange Menace. n/t

[doc03]

10. I remember the uproar about Clinton's BJ. He demeaned the

Presidency. Their children had to hear about it in on theTV. The man had no morals. Had to disinfect the Oval office.

[Tomconroy]

11. My old boss in the 1980s actually tried a public

Indecency case about similar language. It was tried before a judge and he ruled that you hear the stuff everywhere, even back then.
Verdict: not guilty.

[KentuckyWoman]

12. We had a guy near here put F@#! Trump on his roof

Cops were called.
No laws broken.
It was taken down sometime in Feb.

[beaglelover]

13. I'm so glad I live in an area of the USA where I

never have to see this kind of crap!

[Beachnutt]

14. Need a "GRAB EM BY THE P---Y FLAG TO FLY

With trumps lil mushroom on it

[PoliticAverse]

16. Per the US Supreme Court - F-U political signs are protected speech. n/t

[MarineCombatEngineer]

18. Four words:

First Amendment Protected Speech.
And that's the way I want it to stay.

[rockfordfile]

19. not surprised they lost

Same with them when President Obama won.

[Jedi Guy]

21. So you were opposed to the "Fuck Trump" flags and chants at protests, then? N/T

[MarineCombatEngineer]

22. +100.

Funny how some want to restrict bad speech when it applies to those we disagree with but bad speech is ok when it applies to those we agree with.

[Dr. Strange]

25. That's totally different.

This thread is about speech we disagree with.

[MenloParque]

23. So!?!?

I will fight for anyone’s freedom of speech even if I didn’t agree with the message. I live in SF, which is probably the most progressive city in this country and I have two houses on my morning walk with Fuck Biden Flags and 2A and 3% stickers all over their cars. No one cares or calls the police! There were also Fuck Trump flags with no issues at all amongst the neighbors. I would have an issue if OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH was trampled on and the man required all flags even if I don’t like the message to be removed.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

24. From the bottom of my heart,

THANK YOU!!!!

[we can do it]

26. Ohio is so disappointing