1. What is NOT Free Speech

2. What does this poster mean?

3. The Right to Free Speech DOES NOT Include:
-To incite actions that would harm others
-To make or distribute obscene materials.
-To burn draft cards as an anti-war protest.
-To permit students to print articles in a school newspaper over the objections of the school administration.
-Of students to make an obscene speech at a school-sponsored event.
-Of students to advocate illegal drug use at a school-sponsored event.
-Statements that harm a person’s reputation

4. To Incite Actions that Harm Others
Yell “Fire” or “Bomb” in a
public place (i.e. movie theater)
“I’m going to kill you” or “I’m
going to beat you up”
*This includes both written or spoken words

5. Statements that Harm a Person’s Reputation
DEFAMATION
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.
Libel
Written form
Slander
Spoken
form

6. Mr. Parker is a bad teacher.
What You Can Say
Mr. Parker is a bad teacher.
President Obama is not a good President.
Their food is bad.
What You Cannot Say
Mr. Parker is a bad teacher because he steals from his students.
President Obama is not a good President because he is a Socialist.
Their food is poisoned.