What are fighting words? What is the fighting words doctrine? Why is it an important legal doctrine?

What will be an ideal response?


Fighting words, as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court, are words that inflict injury, tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace, or by their nature will cause a violent reaction by a person who hears them. The fighting words doctrine provides a limitation to absolute freedom of speech under the First Amendment. This type of speech is not protected by the First Amendment because it is likely to result in violence.

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