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Spencer is a white-supremacist shitbag, yes. His ideology, however, is very different from Hitler's, and he has never publicly advocated violence.

Again, my scenario is not hypothetical. See http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/oppose-terror-youre-a-nazi/

">The context you are referring to has repeatedly born out that American law allows private citizens to say or express anything, no matter how hateful, as long as it's not an incitement to violence nor slanders a specific party.

This is still very ambiguous. There are MANY situations where the above statement is not true."

Show me one.



• You couldn't go to a public school and shout "smoke weed everyday"

• you couldn't make a sign with a pornographic image and use it as a protest

• you can't advertise tobacco in public spaces

that's just off the top of my head, I could dig up some more if you want


Perhaps the point you're trying to make is that explicitly illegal activity is not free speech? I thought that was obvious, but maybe not. Also, your third point isn't about private citizens.

Though yes, one of my posts was wrong - "incitement to violence" should have been "incitement to illegal activity."




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