> "you can't yell 'fire' in a crowded movie theatre" It actually means "I want to justify a law abridging freedom of speech". As https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

> "you can't yell 'fire' in a crowded movie theatre" It actually means "I want to justify a law abridging freedom of speech". As https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the... explains, it was originally used to argue that some political speech could be suppressed.