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I may have conflated "fighting words" with "imminent lawless action". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenbu

• aetherson 8y ago
  Look, why don't you actually try describing some scenario and what you think ought to be the legal result of that scenario. There are almost no internet comment threads that can plausibly be described as inciting imminent lawless action.
• int_19h 8y ago
  For "imminent" to apply, the person posting the comment would have to be reasonably believing (or should have been reasonably believing) that said comment would cause the action. Do you seriously think this bar can be met for a random Internet comment like that? Especially given the specific example prompting the court case that you are citing?