Not2BSubjugated
Callous Individualist
Fair enough, I suppose, though some would argue that all of those threats fall under "expression", which is generally understood to fall under freedom of speech.
However, even if I concede this point about threats, there still remain libel, slander, and incitement of violence. I fail to see how any of these can be accomplished without any form of speech, and thus, I fail to see how they aren't restrictions on speech.
So you think you will be arrested for saying you're going to kill your daughter for not doing her homework? How is it the speech that's limited if you say no?
Why are you back on the example of threats? I've already conceded that a threat can be made without speech.
It's libel, slander, and incitement that you've got to explain to support your point. How can those three things be accomplished without speech?
Also, even as far as threats go, the example you've just given doesn't support your argument.
If my daughter feels as though that threat is for real and takes it to the police, yeah, I might be arrested.
How are those different? Slander is only illegal again if it's in a certain context.
Give me an example of slander that is illegal regardless of context. If I say John Gresham is a pedophile on the news, I can be sued for slander. Can I be sued for slander if I say that in my book club or at my kitchen table? If I have a cop over for dinner, can he arrest me for that?
If "speech" is illegal, there would have to be something that you say that is illegal regardless of the context you say it. It is the context that makes it illegal. It's a threat, it's slanderous. It has to cause a harm. Causing the harm is illegal, not the speech.
Give me one example of anything you can say or write that is illegal regardless of context
So wait, the idea I'm getting is that you believe that it's only a restriction on speech if certain combinations of words are ALWAYS illegal? Personally, I disagree. I don't see how it's not a restriction on speech if certain combinations of words are banned in any context, even if it's not in all contexts. Since absolute means not qualified or diminished in ANY WAY, even a contextual limit contradicts the idea that free speech is absolute.
You're stating it bizarrely, but yes. If it's the "speech" that is illegal, then yes, that means it's always illegal. Murder is always illegal. Self defense would mean it's not murder. Armed robbery is always illegal.
It's the threats, libel, slander and those ways of harming other citizens is illegal, not the speech
You find my wording of what you're saying bizarre, and I find it bizarre that you're trying to separate the act of expression from the legal concept of speech. They are not separate. Speech is as much about the meaning of what you're saying as it is about the particular wording, and a contextual restriction is STILL A RESTRICTION.