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The link was posted in response to: "This dogmatic/fundamentalist interpretation of freedom doesn’t make you objective, it makes you an ideologue. There are we
by seanwilson 6y ago
The link was posted in response to:
"This dogmatic/fundamentalist interpretation of freedom doesn’t make you objective, it makes you an ideologue. There are well-known and widely accepted exceptions to freedom such as curbs on freedom of speech e.g. not yelling “fire” in a crowded space and inciting violence. There are trade-offs between freedom and curbs on freedoms (policies) that benefit the greater good of society. "
To use the "fire" example to make the point that there must be a line somewhere sounds fine to me.
> "Fire in a crowded theater, and therefore you cannot claim that the election is disputed".
Who said that? Obviously you can't use the "fire" example to prove anything you want.
- betwixthewires 6y agoIt was an example. You were asking how the "fire in a crowded theater" argument was being misused and I gave an explanation, that it is an example that some speech is not protected, which is not in dispute, but is often used as justification for not protecting other, unrelated speech.