From: Solfadore | #133
- I yell "Fire" in a crowded theater, even though there's none (and I know there's none). People panic and everybody tries to run out of the theater. A little kid is trampled to death by the rampaging crowd. Should I face the consequences of my actions?
This is the classic example that Americans learn in elementary school to understand what Freedom of Speech actually protects. Obviously if what you say threatens the life or liberty of another person, then that is not allowed.
Maybe the difference between us and the brits is that the brits have a much looser definition of threat? So the guy in the article made some racist tweets, which incited racial tension, which eventually could turn another person into a racist murderer, therefore the tweets could cause murder and they are a threat to life?
I think my main trouble here is I have no idea how tweets can "incite racial tension". It's not like you're gonna see in future history books something like "racial tension in Europe and the UK was quickly disappearing in the early 21st century, until this guy made a bunch of racist tweets, sending the racial relations back 50 years."
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_foolmo_
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