This was the only one that was the “yell “FIRE!”” (And exterminate the rats
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One could argue in the case of yelling “FIRE!” - if people stampeded to get out, or left quietly but caused the theatre a loss in revenue and the fire dept lost time (and potentially took them away when a real fire broke out somewhere, etc) - that those who LISTENED didn’t rely on other senses (eg. smell of smoke, fire alarms, sight of flames, etc) and are responsible for “falling for the joke”.
The license (I agree) of using speech in such a manner is harmful to society, and examples to kill may result in that exact thing…especially when there has been a feeding of belief about the “world” and “those people” and “shoulds”.
@Daniel2 our standard (AR) is a group’s personal set of rules that members here voluntarily adhere to. Individuals do this all the time, set boundaries for friendships and interactions.
These “rules of conduct” are for the well-being of members, yet it does not remove personal expression.
Also, for myself “Hate Speech” is a legal term that has to meet a high level of harmful incitement.
other things… words like bigot, misogyny & misandrist- etc. DEFINE quite nicely the type of misguided, hatred towards others that may not land a person in jail. NOR should it!!!
