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In reply to the discussion: "I support Free Speech, but I do not consider _______ Free Speech." [View all]TheKentuckian
(26,314 posts)Then our women must be covered?
Or if some other group vows to riot if gays are portrayed as mainstream or normal?
This logic is weak. No matter what culture or location a human comes from, we know well the danger of fire. An actual uncontrolled fire, particularly in a crowded structure is real and present. As such one is OBLIGATED to yell "fire" in a crowded theater if there is a fire and by the same token is OBLIGATED not to yell "fire" when no such danger is present.
There is no "fire" in prerecorded media. The prerecorded media can NEVER present a clear and present danger to life and limb and some fool acting a fucking donkey can never alter that reality.
Fire burns whether one sees it or not. A movie can play until the last star burns out without consequence in the physical world. That is the reality and no argument will ever change that.
The prerecorded media can NEVER be reasonably expected to be the source of risk to life and limb because it is an in animate object. Murderous assholes may as well be pointing to a rock or coffee table as the "threat" they are responding to. There is no imminent threat and everyone knows it including the rioters, there is no claim of danger to life and limb or even the perception of such.