Liberalism (Locke, Mill)

[Max Sawicky]

> . . .           The comon law
> was transmitted to the colonies and
> hence to the new United States. Now
> everyone will learn that genocide is not
> free speech, that inciting genocide is
> not protected because it  imperils
> the public peace. It falsely cries
> "Fire" in the crowded theatre that 
> is 20th Century America, falsely blaming
> minority groups for problems the
> majority face."
> . . .

What about blaming another minority
group (arithmetically, at least),
namely the rich, for poverty, oppression,
hurricanes, and bad television, all of
which have been done on this list?  That
imperils the public peace too.

The scientific consensus on race clearly
does not extend to class, so doesn't your
argument lend itself to the danger of
anti-capitalist speech being outlawed?

[This would not affect me, of course.
I raise this out of a concern for the
welfare of my fellow list members.]

Cheers,  MBS