It's time to demolish the myth that you cannot shout fire in a theater.It's not insightful. It's not graceful. It's not applicable. Instead, it's such a flawed concept that anyone who invokes it is worse than wrong.This canard is rolled out every single time someone wants to suppress expression they dislike. You'll turn on your TV, and some interviewer will say, "But the First Amendment says they have a right to free speech," to which the Authoritarian of the Hour will respond, "Well, there are exceptions to the First Amendment, I mean we already know that..."You cannot shout Fire! in a theater."Except...1. You absolutely CAN shout fire in a theater.2. It might be morally wrong to do so, but your action will have nothing to do with the First Amendment activities.
