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Hi again, Zoii. She would draw that line herself, the moment she started burning crosses at mosques or some other overt and violent or "threat-of-fear-and-violence" act as burning crosses has been held by our Supreme Court to communicate.
That's the whole point: No one draws the line for you. Your methodology of speaking (e.g., a burning cross on someone' lawn or at a mosque) establishes your own violation of the First Amendment by using such speech to threaten or intimidate someone.
To use a sports analogy, a hand-check in basketball isn't a foul until it actually impedes the ability of the player to move across the court. In soccer/futbol, a hand across the body isn't holding until it prevents the player from freely playing the ball. In both cases, the ref tolerates the hand-check right up to the point it slows the guy down.
Same here. It's free speech that is not a threat or an intimidation, until it is a threat or intimidation.
PS: Sorry I didn't reply sooner. Somehow I missed this post.
That's the whole point: No one draws the line for you. Your methodology of speaking (e.g., a burning cross on someone' lawn or at a mosque) establishes your own violation of the First Amendment by using such speech to threaten or intimidate someone.
To use a sports analogy, a hand-check in basketball isn't a foul until it actually impedes the ability of the player to move across the court. In soccer/futbol, a hand across the body isn't holding until it prevents the player from freely playing the ball. In both cases, the ref tolerates the hand-check right up to the point it slows the guy down.
Same here. It's free speech that is not a threat or an intimidation, until it is a threat or intimidation.
PS: Sorry I didn't reply sooner. Somehow I missed this post.
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