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by oofbey 104 days ago
I think this is how it goes: The people who set things on fire weren't directly associated with Greenpeace. But the argument is that Greenpeace's rhetoric incited them to do so. So it becomes a freedom of speech issue. If you tell people something is evil and must be burned, are you responsible for that thing getting torched?
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The Hutus that committed genocide in Rwanda were not directly associated with that radio host that called for murders, yet he's a criminal.