Saturday, August 19, 2017

From Stuff You Like: Shouting FIRE In A Theater | That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means



The historical origins of the phrase "Yelling fire in a crowded theater" was one of the late Christopher Hitchens' favorite anecdotes.  (See here)



On Hitchens' influence, I used this in my own argument in defense of Wikileaks back in 2010.

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