The Supreme Court upheld a state ban on cross burning, ruling Monday the history of racial intimidation attached to it outweighs the free speech protection of Ku Klux Klansmen or others who might use it.
A burning cross is a particularly powerful instrument of terror, and government should have the power to stamp out or punish its use as a weapon of intimidation, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote.
It's about time they outlawed this. How can someone burning a cross in someone else's front yard be considered free speech? It's simply a tool of intimidation, no different than calling me the phone and freely expressing that you want to kill me. If you can't yell fire in a crowded movie theatre, why can you tresspass on my property and burns things?
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