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Re:Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion (1869) by yesenadam on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:53PM (#15943749)
Well, no, it certainly might, in some circumstances. Just as yelling "FIRE!" in some circumstances might - e.g. yelling something virulently racist while standing between two ethnic groups heatedly confronting each other in the street.
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Re:Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion (1869) by austincheney on Saturday December 16, 2017 @10:09PM (#15943812)
That is an invalid comparison. There is a world of difference between panic and anger.
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Re:Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion (1869) by yesenadam on Saturday December 16, 2017 @10:18PM (#15943851)
Well, evidently I don't think it's invalid. Just asserting that doesn't achieve much. I haven't given this a great deal of thought, but it seems the specific emotions are so far irrelevant; what is relevant is whether an action causes harm, or may be predicted to do so/usually does so.
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Re:Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion (1869) by austincheney on Saturday December 16, 2017 @10:25PM (#15943882)
> Well, evidently I don't think it's invalid.

Fortunately, courts in the US do not have trouble discerning this difference.

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Re:Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion (1869) by yesenadam on Saturday December 16, 2017 @10:53PM (#15943983)
Maybe if you made your points on here without seeming offensively snarky in your every sentence, you might have more success. "Don't be snarky."
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