Thoughts are things. Words have meaning. Hyperbole is only speech when directed at clear thinking people. Right wing rhetoric is the equivalent of yelling ‘fire’ in a crowded theater:

And it was the things that he did, it was the things he exposed that blew my mind. Beck would never say anything about a conspiracy, would never advocate violence, he’ll never do anything like, of this nature, but he’ll give you every ounce of evidence that you could possibly need.

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