…id speech that causes credible, immediate harm to someone, like yelling “fire” in a crowded theater or engaging in slander. Everything else is fair game, no matter how distasteful it may be.

Once you draw an arbitrary line, it’s not free speech anymore.
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Robert Harvey
Dustin Briscoe
Feb 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Even then, Slander is a tort and not a crime. You are free to say what you want but you are also free to be sued for defamation. Slander is protected by free speech too.

Btw, are you the same Robert Harvey on Softwareengineering.stackexchange.com? It is me maple_shaft.

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