“Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.” - Dr Peterson
Zenaan Harkness
zen at freedbms.net
Fri Aug 10 22:59:07 PDT 2018
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.
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