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> One could argue that Alex Jones is basically yelling "fire", and so has no expectation of free speech. Of all the things you could argue, I think this is exp
by kryogen1c 8y ago
> One could argue that Alex Jones is basically yelling "fire", and so has no expectation of free speech.
Of all the things you could argue, I think this is explicitly not one of them. All the crazy and ridiculous things Alex says are in no way comporable to a direct call to violence or endangering Public safety with knowingly false statements.
In other words, Facebook is silencing free speech in a way that is definitely not covered if they must comply with the bill of rights.
- mirimir 8y agoI meant "fire" in a political sense. OK, hypothetically, if he were part of a Russian operation to destabilize the United States, would the US government be justified in prosecuting him? I mean, consider Mariia Butina , who "face[s] charges related to interference in the presidential election."[0] 0) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/politics/trump-russia-indictment.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/politics/trump-russia-...
- kryogen1c 8y ago> OK, hypothetically, if he were part of a Russian operation to destabilize the United States, would the US government be justified in prosecuting him? Sedition is a different charge than censored speech. > I meant "fire" in a political sense. When you are talking about free speech, there is no other sense other than the literal in-a-movie-theater sense.
- mirimir 8y agoWhy is he being censored, do you think? Is it just a PR issue?
- abnry 8y agoThe mainstream media yells fire every. single. day.