You know the old cliche. In some respects, it could be an excellent example of my form of 'compromise'.
You should be able to hurl the most vile and abusive insults at me, so long there is no physical contact or threat of the same. And if a 3rd person wishes to intervene on my behalf in any physical means, I should be counted on to defend my attacker. This is, I believe, a somewhat simplistic but instructive example of American ideals.
That said, I understand about yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater and about 'inciting speech' and 'fighting words'. (Inciting speech is characterized by the speaker's intent to make someone else the instrument of his or her unlawful will. Fighting words, by contrast, are intended to cause the hearer to react to the speaker.) Clearly some exceptions should apply, but the general rule should be very clear.
