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		2OEH8eoCRo0 on Nov 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 191... The point is that he didn't go to prison for giving an anti-war speech, it was also a call to action to break the law.

pessimizer on Nov 26, 2022 [–]

A law that prohibited anti-war speech. You might as wall say that murderers don't go to jail for killing someone, they go to jail for breaking the law. It's an entirely pointless technicality.

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