Based on the paragraph that follows, how do hate speech and the First Amendment relate? ---
-> In this country there is no right to speak fighting words - those words without social value,
directed to a specific individual, that would provoke a reasonable member of the group about
whom the words are spoken. For example, a person cannot utter a racial or ethnic epithet to
another if those words are likely to cause the listener to react violently. However, under the
First Amendment, individuals do have a right to speech that the listener disagrees with and to
speech that is offensive and hateful.