I know there are some cases for altering emails or deleting them though . KekDisclaimer This user cannot verify whether or not this comment has been edited by uspez <| sep |> They still believe him <| sep |> The Dark Souls community likes to complain more than Valve fans . <| sep |> I mean , yeah , it has technically been a free speech exception since the Chaplinsky case in the 1940 s , but it has very rarely been applied since then . In fact , I can only think of a handful of state court opinions that have approved of punishing speech under the fighting words doctrine since the 40 s . Nearly every U . S . Supreme Court case and nearly every lower federal court case for that matter has significantly limited the doctrine and declined to find that the fighting words exception applies . It takes a truly remarkable scenario for any courts to apply it . Back in law school , we spent about five minutes out of the total three years discussing the doctrine because it was so obscure and mostly irrelevant in modern jurisprudence . But , fair enough , it is still a legal doctrine that has not been overruled . The First Amendment Center has a pretty good write up on the doctrine words