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I came across this and thought it was most appropriate for our class. This is an excerpt of the Supreme Court's opinion in a 1949 case where a man protested by screaming "snakes" and "bedbugs" in referring to various political groups.

"A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it induces a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger."

Terminello v. Chicago, 337 U.S. 1 (1949).