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Who's going to go out and commit acts of violence because of the video? Are you? The thing is, it's really difficult for me to imagine that a YouTube video could be the primary cause of violence against a police officer. Videos that show police brutality would be more likely to contribute to someones motivation for a violent act, than would some dude talking. Do you advocate that charges be pressed on people who film those sorts of videos?
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There are people out there who will act impulsively on something they read in a fortune cookie.
Like your comment about hinting to kill the president and actually saying it is illegal, the same formula for specificity applies. Same thing with Duke's comment about saying "let's kill all the jews". It can't be considered an offense until you start narrowing down to specifics.
If the guy had said "Let's kill police" then that wouldn't be enough to pass charges, but he said "Philadelphia Police Dept" targeting a specific minority within a minority.
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Then he clearly didn't facilitate free speech, which is commonly understood as the ability to speak freely without receiving punishment from an authority of some sort.
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Exactly, he wasn't really for free speech, he just used it to find out who his enemies were.
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I've always thought they were pretty backwards in that regard. To outlaw holocaust denial just makes it seem that holocaust deniers must have an awful compelling case to make. Why else worry about them? In America--where holocaust denial isn't illegal-- holocaust deniers are laughed and looked down upon by most. They hardly seem like a threat.
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It's not because holocaust deniers are a threat, Europe just feels more compelled and sensitive than the U.S. is about denying the occurrence.