Ann Althouse on inciting violence

[George K]

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-7-most-violence-inciting-statements.html

[Jolly]

I'd defend that in court.

[George K]

@jolly said in Ann Althouse on inciting violence:

I'd defend that in court.

You know she teaches law at U of W in Madison?

[Jolly]

Actually, no.

[George K]

@jolly said in Ann Althouse on inciting violence:

Actually, no.

You should check out her blog every now and then. I won't say she's a Never Trumper, but she's very fair-minded in her criticisms - of everybody.

[Copper]

Did he make any statements that might advocate peaceful protest?

I have a feeling she may have omitted them.(tldr)

If she was really good she would include them.

And tear them apart.

[Copper]

Another man's opinion on the liability

https://observer.com/2021/01/elon-musk-blame-facebook-zuckerberg-capitol-trump-riot/?fbclid=IwAR2ZU2580-rE_JV8WgxgIPzBtZAXJMh3gYnq958B4Kx9f37rcn2YxkQR_EM

Elon Musk Blames Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg For Capitol Riot

Late Wednesday night, after police had cleared protestors from the Capital ground to allow Congress to resume vote counting and certifying election results, Musk tweeted a meme showing bricks lining up like dominoes. The smallest front brick was labeled “a website to rate women on campus”—a reference to the early version of Facebook—and the largest tile in the back was superimposed with a tweet by The New York Times Magazine correspondent Mark Leibovich that read: “The Capitol seems to be under the control of a man in a viking hat.”

His message was clear: The shocking rampage on Wednesday was the culmination of years of political and ideological polarization fueled by social media platforms, primarily Facebook. “This is called the domino effect,” Musk tweeted alongside the meme.

[Mik]

He's got a point. The internet has been, from it's inception, a place to argue without tempering influence of the human element. We see it every day.

[Loki]

@george-k said in Ann Althouse on inciting violence:

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-7-most-violence-inciting-statements.html

We now have a new standard as to what constitutes inciting. Excited to see it applied over the next hours, days, weeks, months and years. We have a benchmark.