Shouting FIRE in a theater...
Added 2017-08-19 15:14:04 +0000 UTCDoesn't, in its original context, quite have the connotations that generally come along with it in the modern day.
Because if we're going to have a sensible discussion about the limits of freedom of expression in the United States of America (and everywhere else) then it behooves us to understand the legal precedents which have been set in the past.
So we're going to look at Schenck vs. United States (the source of fire in the theatre) and Brandenburg vs. Ohio (the precedent oft cited in free speech arguments today).
And of course we must remember: what we empower our governments to do to people who hate us, they can also do to us.
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That's the nicest thing I've had said about me in ages. :D
Jill Bearup
2017-08-22 11:28:02 +0000 UTCVideos like this are why I see you more as a kind of luminary thinker than a reviewer.
De
2017-08-20 01:52:58 +0000 UTC
