Posted on 08/25/2017 10:37:09 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
...however, it’s permissible to shout “ movie” in a crowded firehouse.
(ignoring the wrong word there) Actually Nancy, it does. The ruling you are talking about was overturned in 1969 in Brandenburg v. Ohio. Only speech that is designed to cause imminent lawless actions are prohibited. (eg: riots) Yelling Fire! is not designed to cause lawless actions - just some short term chaos
The whole concept is a fallacy. You can yell fire in a crowded theater all you want. It would be a useful experiment for some college kid. Nobody would die. People would look at the yeller like they had a screw loose.
Restrictions on free speech relate to moral, commercial, sedition, or government personnel limits. There are a few others that mitigate or absolve the person that responds to the words. Personally I consider a flag burning as fighting words and can be responded to with extreme prejudice.
As well as the teachings of St. Augustine!
Well, you darn well better if in London...
*Not for squeamish...
Shouting “Allah Akbar” in a crowded theater is protected speech.
The Democrats have been crying wolf for so long, they have forgotten that the rest of us don’t believe them any more.
How about instead, when we see you in public we just yell out “old b*tch”? That’s not yelling out ‘wolf’, you decrepit fool.
And you can’t shout “Theater!” In a crowded wolf pack.
What Plastic Face actually meant to say was “You can’t stick your finger into a crowed wolf’s ass,” but it’s okay because she is a Democrat.
The Democrats have been crying wolf for so long, they have forgotten that the rest of us don’t believe them any more.
The globe is warming!
My fav of the day :)
Let’s break this down beyond the gaffe.
Democrats believe that Speech they disagree with is limited, so the concept of the RIGHT to Free Speech is lost on them.
They are beyond just being offended, they are in full suppression of any thought that falls outside of their approved Group Think Mentality.
They say that the White “name your label” Organizers should be denied the right to Protest because of the violent reaction from the Democrat Antifa counter protestors, or as they refer to them, those in opposition to Hate Soeech.
They use the word “incite”, pushing the idea that you cannot incite people to violence and call it Free Speech.
What they miss of course it that the Organizers did not incite their own Supporters to cause any violence. They just dared to show up.
Self Defense is not inciting violence but having an Opinion that differs from Leftists obviously is.
George Orwell, the former Author of Fiction Novels will end up being a Historian if this crap keeps up.
“His hair was perfect.”
Maybe she meant to say that you couldn’t shoot Wolf Blitzer in a crowd as political theater?
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