Lushed_Lungfish comments on The Nation, oldest progressive newspaper in the US, doesn't pull any punches

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've seen it summed it up thusly: "If your speech incites violence, don't be surprised when people use violence in response."

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[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So I guess fights at professional sports games are justified violence, since someone probably incited it by insulting an opposing player.

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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're confusing incitement and provocation.

Incitement involves actively encouraging action.

"you're bad at hockey and your mother is large" might be provocation

"It is time for us to take up arms against the enemy" is incitement

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[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I think a lot of people are confused about what constitutes incitement.

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[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Yeah would be clearer to say "advocating for violence".

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago

This is unironically true for hockey lol

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