Do All Verbal Insults Amount to Obscenity? Supreme Court Explains Limits
Supreme Court draws a line between vulgarity and obscenity, ruling that offensive words alone do not meet the legal threshold.
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Supreme Court draws a line between vulgarity and obscenity, ruling that offensive words alone do not meet the legal threshold.
“That said, let’s break down inappropriate speech (in English) to four basic categories. These are vulgarity, obscenity, cursing, or swearing. The problem for the Platonists is tha...
Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump.
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If you have sensed that our politicians are using more vulgarity in public discourse in the last 10 years, you are right. In the past, politicians have only occasionally used slang...
The Murdoch press spent the better part of two decades doing a particular kind of damage — not the damage of the outright lie, though there was plenty of that, but the more corrosi...
By Rollin Grams, Bible and Mission. (Photo: Marija Zaric/Unsplash) Introduction The USA has developed and continues to develop an international reputation for offensive public spe...
“There are many occasions where it would be unrighteousness to swear. The prohibitions are in Scripture for a reason. But we must also keep in mind the fact that there are many occ...
“So of course the expression should never be used because the guy in front of you on the freeway is driving too slowly. But if a false teacher is spreading soft buttery lies about...
Over the weekend, there was a weird dust-up over World of Warcraft’s code of conduct: A player had posted pictures of his communications with AI-written Blizzard customer support,...
Editor’s note: This piece is funny but in a way that might be offensive to some readers. Proceed with caution if you don’t care for the humor of fifth-grade boys. At a Friday lun...
During oral argument last month in Mullin v. Doe, attorney Geoffrey Pipoly said something I won’t repeat to my kids. The remark came when Pipoly, who represents Haitian nationals c...
“Lo, another river of lava. The thing that is actually taboo is not the language, but rather the criticism of women by a man.” No Such Thing, p. 131 The post How Dare You, Sir? app...
Here's an important note from the Star regarding professional conduct (or lack thereof) and anybody who actually has a job might be surprised that this kind of workplace discussion...
“I used the full text of the n-word just now because it is one of the words that is being used as an ideological slug, as evidenced by its banishment from real literature and its m...
I wonder if there is a precedent in other official presidential utterances for Donald Trump’s recent profane threat to Iran. Imagine inserting Trump’s obscenity into Abraham Lincol...
In a significant decision for employers navigating employee misconduct during union activity, the Fifth Circuit vacated an NLRB ruling that found Starbucks unlawfully terminated a...
The complaints, obtained by WIRED, described Bad Bunny’s performance as being overly sexual and protested that the show was in Spanish.
In 2025, YouGov turned its attention to the issue of swear words, and amongst other things, it asked the public this question – “Which swear words do Britons find the most offensiv...
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