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Originally Posted by Liberty4eva
This may astonish you, but there actually have been racists in history who were not violent. And there have been violent people who were not racist. Spouting racist opinions doesn't mean they are necessarily violent people at all.
Personally, I think it's very unlikely anyone would ever shout "fire" in a crowded theatre. Who would do that? It's a hypothetical scenario that is brought up by people who have reservations about unrestricted free speech.
If someone on the street corner began shouting about how great Communism is and how Stalin was a great man are we supposed to worry that this could potentially lead to violence as Stalin was one of the biggest murderers of the 20th century?
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Well this may astonish you but in areas where the BNP have a strong presence racial violence has increased, that's no coincidence. In Barking and Dagenham, Epping Forest, and Chelmsley Wood for example, racially motivated violence more than doubled within a year of the BNP winning council seats there. Racism leads to violence, and it's naive to suggest otherwise and try and reduce it down to just "having an opinion"