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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by coredog64 on Thursday August 03, 2017 @08:30PM (#14925360)
Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater and immediate incitement of violence are not allowed in the US either.
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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by syshum on Thursday August 03, 2017 @08:46PM (#14925440)
>>Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater

Actually you likely can

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-tim...

https://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/three-generations-of-a-ha...

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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by thaaddd on Thursday August 03, 2017 @09:50PM (#14925736)
I'm glad it's not just me that immediately thinks of popehat when I see "fire in a crowded theater"
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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by Mindless2112 on Friday August 04, 2017 @01:54AM (#14926621)
An example of speech that is actually illegal in the U.S. -- saying "[The President] ought to be killed. It is a wonder some one has not done it already. If I had an opportunity, I would do it myself." [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_the_President_of_t...

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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by isostatic on Friday August 04, 2017 @02:47AM (#14926823)
Sending a few messages along the lines of "Hang yourself, jump off a building, stab yourself I don't know there's a lot of ways" and "All you have to do is turn the generator on and you will be free and happy"

Is also illegal

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40817255

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