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by dmitrygr 2543 days ago
At least in the United States, threats of violence are also protected speech. "Fighting words" are not, but that is generally taken to mean words intending to cause immediate direct and specific harm to a specific person. A generic sort of "I wish $person was dead" is protected.

This sort of thing came up a long time ago:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_Am...

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I'm thinking of the specific type.