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The problem interpreting the intent of that tweet is that Lucy Connolly herself admitted to authorities she was inciting violence so becomes hard to build a def

• pipes 10mo ago
  I should be clearer and provide references etc, I was refering to this: https://freespeechunion.org/labour-reported-me-for-racial-hatred-a-jury-cleared-me-in-less-than-20-minutes/?v=7885444af42e https://freespeechunion.org/labour-reported-me-for-racial-ha... The major part of this case is that without a jury trial he'd probably have had zero chance of being cleared. Countless others were persuaded to plead guilty to avoid a long time in prison and then were given long sentences. h he was strong enough not to give in. You are right, freedom of expression in the US doesn't cover inciting violence, but it has an high bar, imminent lawless action: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio Yes in Lucy Connolly's case she admitted to inciting violence, though I'm not certain what she did justifies a 31 month sentence.