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All speech should be entirely free, and all individuals held responsible for the consequences of their actions. If someone chooses to yell "fire" in a theater, they should be held responsible for emergency response costs and lost revenue to the theater, not for what they said. If someone speaks with the intent to coerce others into violent action, they should be held responsible for that violence, not for their words. As always, a jury of reasonable people should consider a person guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt before judgment is passed, something that our society seems to be forgetting amidst the onslaught of bullshit from the talking heads on TV. Public opinion should hold no legal weight and the media's arbitrary objects of obsession ensure that certain unfortunate individuals are unconditionally denied the right to a fair trial.
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