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Re:Campaign Monitor has suspended President Trump by enumjorge on Saturday January 09, 2021 @12:29AM (#25697552)
As a champion of freedom of speech, you must be aware that it does not protect speech that would likely incite something like a riot, which is exactly what happened this week.
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Re:Campaign Monitor has suspended President Trump by beerandt on Saturday January 09, 2021 @01:05AM (#25697835)
Incitement of violence is an incredibly high legal bar.

Hypotheticals, don't count. Hints don't count. Dogwhistles don't count. Impassioned political speech doesn't count.

The fire in a theatre quote that everyone seems to know is even from an overturned case. (Schenk v US)

The Brandenburg case that overturned Schenk held:

If a threat is not immediate

OR

If it's non-specific/ non-literal

Then it's not criminal incitement, because it's protected free speech.

Interpretations of "what Trump meant" don't count, even if you believe with all your heart that he meant something other than the literal words spoken.

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