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Free speech is limited, the incitement to violence that exists on voat is illegal

submitted by oppressed to VoatlandSecurityAdvisorySystem 2 yearsApr 18, 2022 06:34:41 ago (+2/-13)     (VoatlandSecurityAdvisorySystem)

Speaking words such as "gas the kikes" could be crimes that could put you in prison.

Incitement to violence, including incitement to racial violence, is not protected by the First Amendment. This is a very narrow exception; mere advocacy of violence cannot be made criminal “except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”

This is the point: Since society thinks you're an evil supremacist, it will define your violent words as "advocacy directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and likely to incite or produce such action" an convict you.

For incitement to violence, the three elements must be met: (1) the speaker must intend to cause violence, (2) he or she must intend that the violence occur immediately, and (3) the violence must be likely to occur immediately.

An antiracist jury could convict some goats with this definition.

That's why I advocate for System to moderate against illegal speech on voat.

More info on free speech:

The distinction between incitement and “hate speech” is illustrated by the Supreme Court’s decision in Wisconsin v. Mitchell. In that case, several young Black men were discussing the movie Mississippi Burning, which is about the Civil Rights Movement. One of the men said, “Do you all feel hyped up to move on some white people?” and, when a young white boy approached, said, “You all want to fuck somebody up? There goes a white boy; go get him.” The group then assaulted the boy, and the speaker was charged with assault, plus a hate crime enhancement. Was Mr. Mitchell’s speech “hate speech”? It’s arguable. But his speech was much more than the mere expression of opinion; it was a call to immediate violence.

Harassment is distinct from “hate speech” because it goes beyond mere expression of opinion and targets a particular person for harm. The threshold for speech rising to the level of illegal harassment is generally quite high. Anti-harassment laws often refer to speech directed at a particular person, based on the victim’s race, religion, or other group characteristic, and which has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with, for example, a student’s educational performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.

These exceptions to the protections of the First Amendment are very narrow, but they are well established. Civil libertarians and supporters of free expression–including protest, writing and art–can and should support the right to express hateful opinions, but can draw a clear line that no one has a right to incite a riot or to harass another person.

Source: https://ncac.org/news/when-can-speech-be-punished-a-primer-on-unprotected-incitement-to-violence


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yesiknow 0 points 1.9 years ago

War says different and you begged for war.