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Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Technically, it’s causing a panic that’s illegal. Yelling fire is not. law.stackexchange.com/…/is-it-illegal-to-yell-fir…

Different states have different laws, of course, and I am not a lawyer, I just googled if it was actually illegal. Don’t actually go yelling fire in a crowded theater.

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dhork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Right, it’s perfectly fine to alert people to a fire if there actually is one. Yelling “fire” when there isn’t one will be generally interpreted as causing a panic.

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