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Because neither are numerous enough so as to constitute a legitimate threat. If we started seeing local governments having openly KKK or neo-Nazi majorities, t
by ethbro 6y ago
Because neither are numerous enough so as to constitute a legitimate threat.
If we started seeing local governments having openly KKK or neo-Nazi majorities, the freedom of speech balance would substantially alter.
First amendment rights in the US are typically circumscribed only via a requirement to show actual, existential harm.
- musha68k 6y agoThe problem is that historically this has been the case only when it was essentially too late. Death by a thousand cuts: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_normality https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_normality
- ethbro 6y agoThat feels like fuzzy, post-hoc rationalization. What about when we consider the opposite? How many insignificant-in-the-moment-seeming changes never effect any sort of larger change?