Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store
by zamalek on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:16PM
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> I'm sure we'll see free speech absolutists in arms about this, but today is a good day for democracy.
This was not free speech, as has been defined by the US Supreme Court for at least a century, because "fighting words" (speech that may lead to the harm or limitation of rights of others) are not considered free speech.
Talking about racism and other bad ideas is protected, but suggesting sedition and bodily harm is not.
This is good to know in the coming days when the fascists come out of the woodwork.
This was not free speech, as has been defined by the US Supreme Court for at least a century, because "fighting words" (speech that may lead to the harm or limitation of rights of others) are not considered free speech.
Talking about racism and other bad ideas is protected, but suggesting sedition and bodily harm is not.
This is good to know in the coming days when the fascists come out of the woodwork.