Comment by thanatropism
9 years ago
Jesus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...
"Shouting fire in a crowded theory" was actually put forth as a (succesful) argument for censorship of political speech.
9 years ago
Jesus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...
"Shouting fire in a crowded theory" was actually put forth as a (succesful) argument for censorship of political speech.
Why are you making a distinction? I don't care what kind of speech it is. If the speech itself puts other people in unnecessary danger, I'm fine banning it, regardless of whether or not it's political.
Not really--"falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater" was given as an example of inciteful (apolitical) speech clearly within the government's purview to restrain, with the Court going on to opine that (political) speech harmful to the national interest could also be restrained, even if true. A pretty bad decision and partially overturned since...
Yet people keep using it as an example of a non-political restriction on free speech..
It's still a good example, even if it's attached to a terrible argument.