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> Inciting violence and overthrowing a government is already as illegal as child pornography is Doing it is illegal, advocating for it is explicitly legal. Mos
by ng12 6y ago
> Inciting violence and overthrowing a government is already as illegal as child pornography is
Doing it is illegal, advocating for it is explicitly legal. Most of this discussion is about the latter.
- NationalPark 6y agoNo, that's not right. See Brandenburg v. Ohio - incitement is explicitly not legal, per the Supreme Court. The classic qualifying line is "imminent lawless action".
- ng12 6y agoThe Supreme Court found that Brandenburg's 1A rights were violated. The "imminent lawless action" doctrine was protecting his ability to advocate for violence.