William L. Pierce

William L. Pierce is the founder of the National Alliance, a white supremacist group. He also wrote, under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald, The Turner Diaries. The following viewpoint was excerpted from his weekly radio program and reprinted in his monthly online magazine Free Speech. Turner argues that a movement is growing in the United States that would ban any word or action that may offend someone. As hurtful as hate speech may be to its victims, Turner contends, the U.S. Constitution guarantees people the right to be offensive. Americans must be willing to fight to preserve their right to freedom of speech, he asserts.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What do politically correct people mean when they say that the First Amendment was not meant to protect offensive speech...