(May 5, 2015 at 7:56 pm)IATIA Wrote:(May 4, 2015 at 10:57 pm)robvalue Wrote: Free speech doesn't mean no consequences to speech. Of course I'm talking about legal action, not vigilante action.
I agree that deciding whether or not someone "incited hatred or violence" is a judgement call. But then welcome to the club, that's morality for you. It doesn't mean it's a bad system.
IMHO, one cannot "incite" something that is not already present. Let us try some history. Back a few hundred years ago, though people were not happy with things as they were nothing was being done about it until a small group of 'rebels' incited the populace to rise up against the king of England and declare their independence.
ALL speech must remain FREE. No ands ifs or buts about it. One little transgression against this right and it is no longer a right and has nowhere to go but real bad. It is not a judgment call, it is a right. It is not a privilege, it is a right.
The funny thing is that if a person says the words against the current government that the Founders said against the king of England he would quickly find himself locked up. Only approved thoughts are allowed to be expressed in America. When people veer off the approved path they are severely punished.
