Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t...
by rout39574 on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:30PM
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> [...] (yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre) [...]
Please read up on this concept. It does not mean what you think, and is so frequently voiced as part of a case advocating restrictions on speech, it's become something of a hot-button topic.
After Holmes' opinions in the Schenck trilogy, the law of the United States
was this: you could be convicted and sentenced to prison under the Espionage
Act if you criticized the war, or conscription, in a way that "obstructed"
conscription, which might mean as little as convincing people to write and
march and petition against it. This is the context of the "fire in a theater"
quote that people so love to brandish to justify censorship.
So if you think war protesters should be jailed, then you've found your precedent; carry on. But if you think that notion is heinous, you might want to think again about your example.
Please read up on this concept. It does not mean what you think, and is so frequently voiced as part of a case advocating restrictions on speech, it's become something of a hot-button topic.
https://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/three-generations-of-a-ha...
Money quote:
So if you think war protesters should be jailed, then you've found your precedent; carry on. But if you think that notion is heinous, you might want to think again about your example.You might even want to reconsider your position.