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There are two exceptions from the constitutional right to free speech - defamation and the doctrine of "Fighting words" or "Incitement," said John Szmer, an associate professor of political science and a constitutional law expert at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Speech should not be banned because it is "Provocative," as they use that word.

Can people who react violently to speech - to cartoons - be expected to be judicious in selecting the topics that will provoke them to aggression? Wise and Landay are effectively inviting people to be more violent in order to control what speech is permissible.

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