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Mike Cox: He is clearly a bully. Absolutely and is he using the Internet to be a bully? Yes. But is that protected under the First…

On the recordSeptember 28, 2010
He is clearly a bully. Absolutely and is he using the Internet to be a bully? Yes. But is that protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution? Yes.
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Mike Cox
Michigan

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Mike Cox acknowledges that Andrew Shirvell is a bully but asserts that his actions are protected by the First Amendment.

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