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To: artichokegrower

Fire in a crowded theater. They love that analogy. But look at the case that it was first used in as a concept. Schenck v. United States.

A guy sent out flyers opposing Wilsons draft for WWI and called it a monstrous wrong. They said speaking against the draft was like yelling fire in a crowded theater.
The attack on free speech was more important to America than anything whatsoever having to do with WWI.

SO no thank you, I will not temper my free speech.


45 posted on 01/11/2015 9:02:15 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

Some of the things the muslims and their clerics say are similar to yelling fire in a crowded theater in that they are harmful. Making irreverent fun of an ancient dead murderous criminally insane ideologue is not the same as issuing a fatawa.


66 posted on 01/11/2015 9:36:40 AM PST by This I Wonder32460
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