Doug Smith
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...distributing anti-war leaflets? US VS Schenck was the case where the vastly overrated Oliver Wendell Holmes first uttered the famous "falsey shouting fire in a crowded theater" argument against free speech. Charles Schenck was distributing Yiddish leaflets (A language most Americas could not speak) denouncing any USA involvement in WWI. Isn't speaking out against a war while teetering on the precipace of it correctly shouting fire in a theater that is ablaze? Doesn't the subjectiveness of this issue prove that granting the power to decide what cannot be said to an oligarchy is a bad thing?
What are your feelings on this issue? What do you think the reaction would be today if publicly expressed dissent resulted in jail time (Six months for Schenck)?
What are your feelings on this issue? What do you think the reaction would be today if publicly expressed dissent resulted in jail time (Six months for Schenck)?