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I don't know the case names off the top of my head, and I can't find my old casebook right now, but cases like 'obscenity' and 'fighting words' are not protected, and commercial speech has only limited protection. I tend to go further than the Supreme Court myself, and think that seditious libel shouldn't be protected where it encourages lawless activity, but the Supreme Court generally uses the 'clear and present' danger test for those types of speech. IOW, I can't encourage an angry mob to overrun DC, but I can suggest it wouldn't be a bad idea on an internet messageboard.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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