[Sacajaweau]

you can yell it freely...but it doesn’t give you immunity to any consequences.

[monkeyshine]

You can yell it if there is a fire; if there isn’t likelihood of causing a stampede; if you on stage and it is part of the show and others I can’t think of at the moment.

As you said, it is legal to yell fire but there are potential consequences if you do depending on the circumstance and outcome.

[crz]

It happened. And it caused the deaths of a good many people.

Calumet Michigan. Dec 24th, 1913.

That building was torn down years ago.

[crz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Hall_disaster

[teeman8r]

I have often argued, that the listeners bare more responsibility than the yeller does. Speech is not an excuse for misbehaving and all speech must be protected... and not so niggardly.

[unclebankster]

“you can yell it freely...but it doesn’t give you immunity to any consequences.”

What consequences?

A person yells “fire” nobody else sees a fire and they continue to watch a movie.

A person yells “fire” everybody notices the smoke & leaves the theatre.

What consequences could either person in both scenarios be guilty of?