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ericd on Dec 2, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders...

Ironically, the ruling that spawned the "fire in a theater" meme about limits on free speech was largely overturned: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-tim...

Eelongate on Dec 3, 2021 | [–]

Thankfully so, since "shouting fire in a theater" was an incredibly lame euphemism for telling people to dodge the draft.

rbanffy on Dec 2, 2021 | [–]

If it weren’t, Fox News would be unable to operate.

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