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by homulilly 3221 days ago
I think the right to free speech ends when it becomes threats of violence and white nationalism has gotten to that point.
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> I think the right to free speech ends when it becomes threats of violence...

"True threats" may be the correct term (but IANAL). Not everything that sounds threatening makes the grade.

> ... and white nationalism has gotten to that point.

Some white nationalist speech has gotten to that point. But that point, legally, is further than you think, and most white nationalist speech, while ugly and absolutely not worth listening to, does not reach the legal standard of a threat.

Note well: People are not at liberty to redefine the legal definition to what they think it "should be" (short of amending the Constitution).