Jackson has transformed the nature and the substance of acceptable political discourse in America.

She is constantly probing the limits of acceptable social discourse, seeking ways to incite laughter (or gasps) without bringing the language police down on her head.

Kamiya also states that Weiss, "routinely skewers attempts by mainstream Jewish organizations and pundits to lay down the law on what is acceptable discourse."

In short, if a political leader, regardless of party, spoke within the press-supported range of acceptable discourse, he or she would receive positive press coverage.

His wife's shooting led to a broad national conversation ranging from the duties of a husband to what is acceptable civil discourse.

Social Security is not a burden; in no politically acceptable discourse is it so described.

In this regard, the political right wing has played a powerful role by influencing the limits of acceptable public discourse.

The Left's effort to push conservative opinions outside the realm of acceptable discourse takes on even greater force in cultural disagreements, like the controversy over how to treat homosexuality.

Contrast the developments in Scotland, Sweden, Holland with, for example, Spain where the inquisition set the limits on acceptable discourse.

In this way, the state reserves for itself the power to define hate speech and, conversely, the limits of acceptable discourse.