[ExI] yelling fire

[Anton Sherwood]

On 2021-4-09 08:05, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:
> I heard an expression this week that reminds me of my cheerfully 
> misspent childhood: You can’t yell fire in a crowded theatre. 

The phrase has a shameful history.
https://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/three-generations-of-a-hackneyed-apologia-for-censorship-are-enough/

Ironically in light of its source, the metaphor applies more aptly to 
politicians who tell tall tales to stir up war.

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