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> I yell fire in a crowded theatre, that’s ok it wasn’t my intent to cause panic. The "fire in a crowded theater" analogy was coined by justice Oliver Wendell
by chroma 7y ago
> I yell fire in a crowded theatre, that’s ok it wasn’t my intent to cause panic.
The "fire in a crowded theater" analogy was coined by justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in Schenck v. United States.[1] Holmes used that analogy to send a Schenck to prison for protesting the draft in WWI.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States