High school students photographed doing Nazi-type salute at prom (money, meaning, originate)

[PriscillaVanilla]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

So there is no such thing as freedom of speech, nor freedom of expression in the U.S. anymore?

Freedom of speech has limits.

[PriscillaVanilla]

These boys are very stupid. They'll get a big fat dose of the real world when they graduate.

[reneeh63]

Originally Posted by Informed Info

Context? Waving? Shushing? vs. Sig Heiling...yeah

[MJJersey]

Boys do dumb things sometimes.

[MJJersey]

Originally Posted by PriscillaVanilla

Freedom of speech has limits.

The limits are libel, slander, and overt threats against a specific person. That’s it.

[NomadicDrifter]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

There have been several high profile cases of colleges rescinding admission offers. The most famous is probably the Harvard case. You best believe that of any community, parents of Harvard bound students would have sued if the action taken by Harvard was illegal.

Let's first start with: Harvard is a private university, so it wouldn't be subject to the same rules and regulations as public universities.

Let's end with, just because people didn't sue, doesn't mean they didn't have the right to sue. This is a logic fail on your end, but not surprising given the caliber of your reasoning throughout this thread.

While somewhat irrelevant, since as stated Harvard is a private university, you should give more detail so people can look it up. It might be that some details escaped the limits of your intellect.

[NomadicDrifter]

Originally Posted by MJJersey

The limits are libel, slander, and overt threats against a specific person. That’s it.

Even libel and slander won't see the state punish you. Merely, they allow another individual to sue you for damages.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Sooner or later, there will be a web page with the photo and the names of all those giving the Nazi salute.

Then every time someone Googles, say "James Anthony Stephenson," up will pop this page and there will be his photo.

Now if "James Anthony" dates someone or pursues a career in a field that thinks this is "no big deal," "boys will be boys," he's good to go.

But if that's not the case, "James Anthony" will find himself "ghosted" a lot, and wondering what happened.

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by NomadicDrifter

Even libel and slander won't see the state punish you. Merely, they allow another individual to sue you for damages.

The school is funded by the State...
If someone wants to pursue civil damages, they are more than welcome, remembering "slap back" fees to those that lose.

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by PriscillaVanilla

Freedom of speech has limits.

Do you mean like "hate speech"?