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A more reasonable view would be to note that those who engage in lawless action should be responsible for their own actions, regardless of whatever speech or opinions they claim made them engage in criminal behavior. No one makes you engage in criminality. It is something you choose to do.

This seems like a false dilemma: either blame the speaker or the doer -- not both?

Moreover, the question is open as to whether or not some speech in some circumstances can provoke violence where otherwise none would have occurred. All you are saying in response to the question is an unqualified "no."



It is not a false dilemma. droithomme was offering an alternative to punishing a speaker for another actors unlawful action, not stating that one or the other must be done. No dilemma. No false dilemma.




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