I think the SCt got
> >that one just about right.
>
> So, "kill that particular Jew!" is incitement, but
> "Kill all Jews!" is just fine.
No, but it's protected.
Just "abstract
> advocacy". Trouble is, as Hitler demonstrated, it
> isn't necessarily just abstract, they didn't think
> he was serious, but he WAS.
The risk of suppressing all speech that might have a bad consequence is something you don't take into account. The problem wasn't Hitler's advocacy, it was his actions--no one stopped him even when his actions made clear that he was serious, until it was too late.
>
> I prefer to take people at their word. It might be
> safer. If someone says that people should be
> murdered, my feeling is that they should be taken
> seriously and imprisoned. They might be just talking
> "abstract", but loose talk costs lives.
And jailing people fot thought crime creates a police state. Your pick, chum.
jks
>
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