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2. How I interpret FREE SPEECH as

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 12:19 PM

Jul 2021

The right to petition and verbally criticize Government without retaliation from said Government.

One cannot yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater.

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Is incitement to insurrection and talk of sedition the same as "free speech"? [View all] kentuck Jul 2021 OP

sounds like a question for the courts RussBLib Jul 2021 #1

How I interpret FREE SPEECH as ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2021 #2

I put this speech in the same category with yelling "fire" secondwind Jul 2021 #3

Exactly. Blue Owl Jul 2021 #7

I believe it falls under the "fighting words" exception. rsdsharp Jul 2021 #5

Two different issues. Caliman73 Jul 2021 #6