Marcuse wrote:I believe in free speech, and I think someone should be free to say "you should kill yourself."
I don't think you should be free to say that, because it's encouraging violence against another person.
Gotta disagree with you on this one chief. I'm of the opinion that the speech that should be restricted when it comes to calling for someone to inflict violence upon themselves should be narrowed down to instances were you have a reasonable expectation that the other person will take heed of your words and do just that.
Like if I'm the leader of a cult and I tell one of my fanatically devoted followers to kill themselves, whom I know will do whatever I tell them, then that should be punishable as a crime. Likewise in this case where the individual in question had clear reason to expect this man to take heed of her words due to his mental state and the position of influence over his actions she held due to their relationship, means I'd also think this'd be a case where the person should be held responsible.
However if I get into an argument with some rando in a pub and tell them to kill themselves or say it in the comment section of some youtuber's video where they had the audacity to say something I disagreed with slightly, then no, I don't think that should be something that should be punished legally as I don't think it's fair to say I'd have a reasonable expectation that these people would obey my commands and off themselves.
To put it simply, I can be against this person being legally punished for saying that person should kill themselves WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY being all in favour of that person being legally punished for saying this person should kill themselves, based on the context and specifics of the situation.
Life man, she's complicated.