RE: Free Speech, Incitement and the Lucy Connolly Case

Her words seem close to incitement. She didn't cross the line in my opinion, but came very close. If she had stated something like, "let's go burn these mf'ers down", I'd consider that incitement. The way I read it, she would not be bothered if somebody were to do it. But she isn't actually telling anybody to do it or to help her do it.

Ultimately, it comes down to how incitement is defined and how the courts interpret that definition.

In the long term, suppressing opinions, I think, is making frustration and anger build up more than if people could vent. What's more alarming is that there is an illusion that people don't have strong opinions. Now you don't know who to look out for.

Personally, I prefer people to be openly ugly so I can give them a wide berth.