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> Mass violence can absolutely be enacted by fascist groups without ever crossing 1st amendment protections. But there are many other laws that prevent people
by Veen 6y ago
> Mass violence can absolutely be enacted by fascist groups without ever crossing 1st amendment protections.
But there are many other laws that prevent people from "enacting mass violence". Speech is not violence. Violence is violence.
Plus, the same laws that would lock-up fascists for inciting violence could be used against BLM and other left-wing groups. The 1st amendment ensures everyone can say what they like. Speech limiting laws can be abused to suit the preferences of whoever is in power.
- antattack 6y agoProspect of violence is enough to keep people in check.
- UncleMeat 6y agoIt hasn't been that long since gay people could be thrown in prison for having sex. This was mass state violence against an entire population. The law failed to prevent people from "enacting mass violence" for ages. Progress is made over time, but this history of the US is the history of the law failing to prevent the powerful from enacting mass violence against the weak. We already have laws that are abused against BLM and other left-wing groups. I'm not confident in the ability of the state to protect these groups, despite the state claiming that the US stands for certain values. This makes me skeptical of the free speech absolutist claim that the policy helps all groups equally.