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		garaetjjte on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitt... >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.

oceanplexian on April 14, 2022 [–]

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??

playpause on April 14, 2022 | [–]

I said falsely yelling fire

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