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I find it reprehensible that anyone can even consider curtailing speech as a kneejerk reaction to violence. Can we still curtail the yelling of "fire" in a cro
by charlesism 8y ago
I find it reprehensible that anyone can even consider curtailing speech as a kneejerk reaction to violence.
Can we still curtail the yelling of "fire" in a crowded theatre?
- core-questions 8y agoThis tired, tired meme. It's a few hundred years old by now, isn't it? Does anyone who has a reasonable outlook on life really think that issuing a command that instantiates an instant tribal mob mentality on a cloistered group of people is the same as political speech? False equivocations that you don't even really believe yourself aren't exactly good counter-arguments.
- charlesism 8y agoI have no enthusiasm for our exchange, to be honest. We won't have enough common ground. So I'll just bow out, and wish you a lovely evening.
- rasteau 8y agoHitchens responds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoOfRog1EM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoOfRog1EM