Re: Free Speech No Defense for Urging Suicide

Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:

> With the exception of yelling fire in a crowded theater I'm pretty sure it
> is.  If you have an example please share it, because I'm drawing a blank at
> the moment.
>

 Well, the article said:

"Melchert-Dinkel was not merely expressing ideas about suicide The court
> finds that defendant's speech imminently incited the victims to commit
> suicide, and can be described as 'lethal advocacy,' which is analogous to
> the category of unprotected speech known as 'fighting words' and 'imminent
> incitement of lawlessness,'" Neuville wrote.


So incitement to violence and "incitement of lawlessness" do not appear to
be protected.

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