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> Did banning shouting "Fire!" in a movie theatre lead to all speech being banned in all movie theatres? No, it led to people calling for the resistance to the
by VMG 9y ago
> Did banning shouting "Fire!" in a movie theatre lead to all speech being banned in all movie theatres?
No, it led to people calling for the resistance to the WWI draft being imprisoned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...