Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
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The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
  • peetabix@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    72·
    1 month ago

    freedom of speech does not equal freedom from the consequences of saying something.

    Exactly.

    • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.caEnglish
      12·
      1 month ago

      I’ve seen it summed it up thusly: “If your speech incites violence, don’t be surprised when people use violence in response.”

      • OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
        16·
        1 month ago

        So I guess fights at professional sports games are justified violence, since someone probably incited it by insulting an opposing player.

        • brisk@aussie.zone
          10·
          1 month ago

          You’re confusing incitement and provocation.

          Incitement involves actively encouraging action.

          “you’re bad at hockey and your mother is large” might be provocation

          “It is time for us to take up arms against the enemy” is incitement