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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by garaetjjte on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:25AM (#31027465)
>Even free speech absolutists agree that falsely yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theatre

I would really want this stop being quoted so often, because the context in which it was originally used didn't advocate free speech at all.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by oceanplexian on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:56AM (#31027829)
It's also logically inconsistent. Of course you want people to have the freedom to yell fire in a crowded theater. What if there was a fire??
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by playpause on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:21PM (#31029081)
I said falsely yelling fire
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