Shouting Fire!

I can't wait until there's a lawsuit about state censorship that inevitably reaches the Supreme Court. They'll add a clause to the First Amendment that explains why dissent to the president* & his party is like shouting "fire" in a crowded theater. *Some loophole in case the POTUS is a Democrat.

"Incitement or threats" Lies that provoke violence or panic (e.g., shouting “fire” in a crowded theater falsely)."

How is the 1A shredded? You all for screaming FIRE in the crowded theaters, too? Are you saying 1A is absolute and that hate speech of every kind is to be tolerated?

Yelling Fire in a crowded theatre is not free speech because it immediately causes harm While I hate all the Hateful Things said I will protect the right to say them But there must be push back They can't be allowed to just hang there unchallenged

best part of seeing The Matrix in a crowded theater was everyone loudly booing when Morpheus said "we gave birth to AI"

Fire him. This is an abuse of free speech. The equivalent of yelling fire in a crowded theater.

He almost said “fire in a crowded theater”.

The popular phrase "yelling fire in a crowded theater" comes from a 1919 Supreme Court case, but the case did not involve anyone actually charged with that crime. The example was used as an analogy to illustrate that the First Amendment right to free speech is not absolute; which is still true today

You can literally shout "fire" in a crowded theater. The claim you can't is a popular myth. www.thefire.org/news/walz…. I don't want the Trump administration deciding what is or isn't "intentionally distorting news," any more than I wanted the Biden Administration doing it about COVID news.

I'll never forget the time I got to sit with Amemiya in a crowded theater and watch one of his movies... and then proceed to have the laziest Q&A after because everyone was exhausted. The movie finished 18 hrs after that day of the convention started. #SpaceApeCinema

Saw the new Baltimore filmed Christmas romcom The Baltimorons in a very crowded theater this evening surrounded by other Marylanders who also get a kick of seeing people talk about the Orioles and crabs on the big screen. Great film.

Look at the bright side. It's not as if folks are telling you you can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater.

a true threat is when you shout "fire!" in a crowded theater

CK was essentially yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater.

Gee, not the same as your earlier post. The lies about the Covid vaccines told on social media are the equivalent of lying and yelling "fire!" In a crowded theater. They should be not only censored but charged as crimes. I'd block your idiotic posts, but you will probably be culled soon. Darwin.

Not sure about the reason for this post. But the reason it is wrong to "shout fire in a crowded theater", even if not a violation of free speech, is because it may cause multiple deaths due to trampling. The Constitution limits free speech in its reference to suppressing Rebellion and Insurrection.

"should have chosen his words more carefully"? Journalism and comedy should not be censored - ever. When I was in college, we learned the only restrictions were you could not yell " fire" in a crowded theatre, unless there really was a fire, and you couldn't incite a riot or violence.

You can't shout "fire" in a crowded theatre. Free speech has limits,especially when it's complete bollocks.

"Clear and present danger" is a legal standard established by SCOTUS that allows the government to restrict speech if it presents a clear and immediate threat of substantial harm. For example, falsely shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater could cause a panic.

The law *used* to allow the government to jail you for publishing unfair and biased pamphlets about the evils of the draft. Such was “a clear and present danger” and could be banned. Why, letting people publish anti-draft pamphlets was like ”shouting fire in a crowded theater”! You want that back?

Oh. I hadn't realised everything was allowed. Right, well, I'm off to shout 'Fire' in a crowded theatre. I'll come back and tell you how it goes. When I do I'm also going to have to share some, erm, disappointing news with you about the Easter Bunny.