It’s not “perilously close”, because it’s very different from incitement to violence. I have explained that incitement to violence requires a call for violence which is time-scoped to the near future; Sherman’s statement did not include a call for violence at all. You are correct that he bears no moral responsibility for the actions of people who heard his statements.
“Perilously close” has no legal definition, so what you are asserting is a matter of opinion, not a matter of fact. My intention in using “perilously close” was to convey that such statements have a similar kind of danger to statements that would meet the legal definition of incitement to violence, even though they are perfectly legal.
You know that I did not say people who make such statements bear no moral responsibility for how their words are interpreted, so I’m not sure what your intention is in making that false statement.
Since you have not signaled good faith, I won’t engage further.
It’s not “perilously close”, because it’s very different from incitement to violence. I have explained that incitement to violence requires a call for violence which is time-scoped to the near future; Sherman’s statement did not include a call for violence at all. You are correct that he bears no moral responsibility for the actions of people who heard his statements.
“Perilously close” has no legal definition, so what you are asserting is a matter of opinion, not a matter of fact. My intention in using “perilously close” was to convey that such statements have a similar kind of danger to statements that would meet the legal definition of incitement to violence, even though they are perfectly legal.
You know that I did not say people who make such statements bear no moral responsibility for how their words are interpreted, so I’m not sure what your intention is in making that false statement.
Since you have not signaled good faith, I won’t engage further.
They do not have a similar kind of danger; you are making false equivalences. Thank you for ceasing your censorious fearmongering.