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What if those words they utter are death threats and call for violence against a group? Should that be protected against the First Amendment?
by miguelmota 6y ago
What if those words they utter are death threats and call for violence against a group? Should that be protected against the First Amendment?
- remarkEon 6y agoNo, and this has been widely litigated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...
- miguelmota 6y agoI see there’s a lot of court cases listed in that Wikipedia entry so it seems like it'll have to be decided by a judge on what is considered free speech or not, because language by nature is vague and can interpreted in many different ways. So there is no such thing completely “free” speech if there are constraints.
- remarkEon 6y agoHave you read any of the cases? They get pretty detailed about what is and isn’t allowed. This is not the first time we’ve been having this debate - far front it. Though, some seem unaware that there’s a substantial body of court history on the subject, both American and otherwise.
- tick_tock_tick 6y agoAs long as they are not going to immediately cause violence but generic "Death to America" chats are absolutely protected.