“Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.” - Dr Peterson

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 03:40:07AM +0000, jim bell wrote:
> On Friday, August 10, 2018, 4:42:51 PM PDT, Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:  
> Microsoft Threatens to Shut Down GAB Unless They
> Censor Anti-Jew Posts
> Adrian Sol
> Daily Stormer
> August 10, 2018
> https://dailystormer.name/microsoft-threatens-to-shut-down-gab-unless-they-censor-anti-jew-posts/
> 
>  …
>  > Microsoft pointed to two posts from Gab user Patrick Little, one
>  > that calls for the “complete eradication of all Jews” and the
>  > other which calls for their death by torture: “After an initial
>  > review, we have concluded that this content incites violence, is
>  > not protected by the First Amendment, and violates Microsoft
>  > Azure’s acceptable use policy,” a Microsoft spokesperson told
>  > Motherboard. “Microsoft notified Gab.ai of this substantial
>  > concern and advised that it remove this content or respond to
>  > Microsoft within 48 hours, or potentially risk suspension of its
>  > service on Azure.”
> 
>  That, of course, is bullshit.
>  The First Amendment absolutely protects calls for violence, as
>  long as no “specific and credible threat” is involved. Simply
>  calling for the destruction of a race, even by torture, is
>  protected speech.
>
> You are correct.  The controlling case is Brandenburg v. Ohio,
> 1969.  Although, since I no longer have access to a LEXIS computer
> system, I cannot Shepardize (modern equivalent:  Text search) this
> case in the various appeals Circuits to see how they have further
> interpreted it.

Thanks for your update Jim, but just to clarify that I did not write
that so I can't claim it as authored by me - it's from Anglin of TDS.