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by rhino369 3296 days ago
Instead of downvoting you someone should explain why you are wrong.

Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can't commit a crime by using speech. Plenty of crimes involve speech, like fraud. Most relevantly, encouragement of a crime has long made someone an accomplice in a crime.

If you talk someone into murdering someone else, you will rightfully get convicted. Here, just change someone else to themselves.

The crime isn't the speech. The crime is him killing himself. How she brought it about doesn't really matter. That's why the first amendment isn't strongly implicated here.

Though the first amendment would likely protect someone who said "killself nerd" if the person actually did it. In that situation there is no intent for the person to actually kill them self.