The question is not whether I would be influenced by speech intended to incite hate. I would not.heydaralon wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2020 3:42 pm Monte to use your crosswalk analogy. If I told you to stick your penis into a rotating lawnmower blade, and that if you did so you would win the lottery and not be injured, would you do so? If you did, should I be held accountable? Is there any personal accountability here?
The question is, are there any circumstances where some dumb fuck racist might be influenced by stories of no go zones and an Islamic takeover of Europe?
Could, for example, conspiracy theories about Pizzagate and children being held hostage in restaurant basements lead to some moron driving hundreds of miles to shoot up a pizza restaurant which didn't even have a basement, let alone captive child sex slaves?
Is the freedom to spread such lies based on hate worth protecting?