the correct answer is: the ideological prejudices of whoever's drawing the distinction
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Well, that certainly isn't something we could sort out on twitter! But I don't believe you really would think the BNP leader - or
equivalent - was not inciting (particularly if said skinheads then murdered some Asian guy). If I'm right, then you do think there
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are contexts where the proposition is truth-apt. It's overwhelmingly those contexts that I'd think should be legislated.
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But I'm not sure there's necessarily much at stake here. I do think legislation is a restriction on free speech, and where the line
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is drawn will determine the extent to which it's reasonable to say free speech is or isn't a major concern.
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whether he’s inciting depends on whether there’s an intention to incite, not on the consequences of the utterance
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