Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
SCOTUS has repeatedly ruled that using "fighting words" is equivalent to fighting.
I.e. using language which is intended to incite a fight is the same as throwing the first punch.
There most definitely has to be more to this. Like the "fighting words" have to have some kind of credibility.

If it were as simple as you're making it sound, why isn't Madonna in jail for threatening to blow up the White House?