Yeah, basically the first amendment allows you to openly criticize the government without getting arrested. You also have freedom of speech, but there is a famous court case that decided that your first amendment rights does not extend to you shouting "fire" in a theater when there is none.
@zinope no, it doesn't. yelling "fire" where there is none can be taken as malicious intent. Same thing as shouting "that guy has a gun" when it's just a person wearing a dark jacket.
you said it's a contextual thing. i said that it's just malicious intent. in what context would yelling "fire" be okay, when there is clearly no fire around?
The concept of free speech isn't synonymous with the legal definition.
Also, yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre is, in fact, protected by the first amendment, it's an outdated example of something not protected.
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Free speech, given to us in our bill of rights, made by the government, only enforced by the government, should not be synonymous to its legal definition. What other definition is there?
If you're in someone's face I'm pretty sure German_Satan is right. The thing is, most of the people who say things like " punch Nazis " are people who also get into their face and scream or people who claim anyone who's slightly right of radical left is obviously a Nazi or an apologist/sympathizer. I've seen actual ethnically Jewish people get called Nazis. So when the word has become screwed so much that THIS happens, then no, you definitely shouldn't be allowed to punch people for " hate speech "
Also, yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre is, in fact, protected by the first amendment, it's an outdated example of something not protected.
Free speech, given to us in our bill of rights, made by the government, only enforced by the government, should not be synonymous to its legal definition. What other definition is there?