terratogen wrote:
If you don't allow open rebellion through speech, then you end up with dissatisfied masses which have no other outlet to change things other than violence.

I strongly agree. Its just that in this environment, there is an inevitable interface between speech and organization, which is similar to the interface between the civilian and the solider, which is discussed in the linked article:

A prisoner of war, for example, does not have a constitutional right to counsel. Conversely, an accused in the criminal context does have a right to counsel and a host of procedural and substantive protections.

When wars were fought with muskets on designated battlefields, the division between these two spheres was clear. Today, the distinction is increasingly blurred.

We have to figure out where the line ought to be. The discussion is one of the most important ones going on today.

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