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I don't think this is a free speech issue. What's the difference between promoting a scientific falsehood that puts public health at grave risk and yelling "fir
by minikites 8y ago
I don't think this is a free speech issue. What's the difference between promoting a scientific falsehood that puts public health at grave risk and yelling "fire" in a crowded theater other than the proximity of damage done?
- esaym 8y agoA huge industry trying to sell a product with no legal liability has nothing to do with "science".
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> What's the difference between promoting a scientific falsehood that puts public health at grave risk and yelling "fire" in a crowded theater other than the proximity of damage done? Clear and present danger. Both yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre and refusing to vaccinate are a clear danger. But only one of them is clear and present. For comparison, yelling "fire" in an empty plaza would not be penalized.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> yelling "fire" in a crowded theater Can we stop invoking unsupported non-binding dicta offered to illustrate the decision in a case which has since been overturned and is widely regarded as a travesty infringing on core political speech as if it were some kind of firm legal principal useful as a yardstick against which speech can be measured to determine if it is unprotected?