Azle homeowner displays 'Hispanics Keep Out' sign

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

We'll, down here we have something of a long-standing attraction to the idea that the government shouldn't be in the business of telling people what they can or can't say. We like the idea so much that we put in our Constitution, so that it's clear that the government does not have legal power to tell us what we can or can't say.

Yay!

ETA: I think the best way to deal with signs like the OP is to ignore the sign. I think it's negative attention seeking behavior and by paying attention to them, you're giving them what they want. If someone wants to have a well thought out dialogue about illegal immigration, then by all means engage, but controversial sign owners aren't usually about that, in my limited experience.

Oh, and certainly engage in the personal social or actual boycott of the sign owner. I don't mean that you have to pretend that the sign just doesn't exist. But by engaging about the sign, I think you're feeding the person what the person most wants.

[CutiePie2000]

Going on the preceding posts, would a sign in that lady's town on her front lawn with a swastikas all over it and a sign that said "Jews Keep Out" be legally permissible? From the preceding discussion, it sounds like "yes", it would be. But I thought I'd ask.

Is bashing on certain specific ethnic groups more condoned as opposed to the bashing on other groups?

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

Going on the preceding posts, would a sign in that lady's town on her front lawn with a swastikas all over it and a sign that said "Jews Keep Out" be legally permissible? From the preceding discussion, it sounds like "yes", it would be. But I thought I'd ask.

Is bashing on certain specific ethnic groups more condoned as opposed to the bashing on other groups?

As a preliminary matter, I don't think it's fair to say that the government "condones" bashing on ethnic groups.

To the extent that the government would allow such a sign on a person's front lawn, it would allow it no matter the racial/ethnic/religious group. So, the identity of that group being bashed doesn't affect the legality.