{"id":9233,"date":"2015-05-08T13:46:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=9233"},"modified":"2015-05-08T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:46:08","slug":"is-this-the-same-as-yelling-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=9233","title":{"rendered":"Is this the same as yelling 'fire!'?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It’s been said many times about the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment that free speech is protected except when you yell “fire!” in a crowded movie theater.<\/p>\n

Therefore, I’m wondering if it’s fair to ask if staging an event that you know<\/em> could provoke a violent reaction from someone offended by is the same as yelling “fire!”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/texas\/article\/Activist-blogger-says-9-11-inspired-criticism-of-6249483.php<\/p>\n

Pamela Geller told The Associated Press she has no regrets over playing host to a contest to draw the Muslim prophet Muhammad in Garland, near Dallas. The event resulted in gunfire by two Muslims who then were shot to death by a Garland police officer.<\/p>\n

Free-speech advocates — and I’m one of them, to be sure — suggest that Geller was exercising her right of free speech as a leader of the American Freedom Defense Initiative. She stands by her constitutional right. Her organization is virulently anti-Muslim. The Southern Poverty Law Center calls it a hate group.<\/p>\n

The Constitution’s right of free political expression is rock-solid. Everyone knows that.<\/p>\n

However, is it responsible to engage in free speech when you can expect with some reasonable certainty that it’s going to result in violence?<\/p>\n

This is a troubling question for me. I don’t have the answer. I’m looking for help.<\/p>\n

I’m all ears.<\/p>\n\n

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