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by garaetjjte 1522 days ago
>Even free speech absolutists agree that falsely yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theatre

I would really want this stop being quoted so often, because the context in which it was originally used didn't advocate free speech at all.

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It's also logically inconsistent. Of course you want people to have the freedom to yell fire in a crowded theater. What if there was a fire??
I said falsely yelling fire