What does free speech mean to you and where do you draw the line.

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Probably not the best title (but it caught your attention, didn’t it) Let me explain what I mean. The first amendment gives us one of the most important rights we have, the ability to speak freely. However people use that right as a way to defend things that go into a darker territory. It goes far behind saying or believing something that most people don’t believe (and in some cases, absolutely shouldn’t) Inappropriate jokes (even cruel or hate filled) are still considered free speech, and I’m cool with that. I also think there should be almost no censorship. However, when you say something like “we need to kill ___” or when you yell “bomb” in an airport (or just about anywhere) that is not freedom of speech and shouldn’t be. Death threats (beyond angrily telling someone “I’m going to come over there and beat you to death” as an idle threat) are not freedom of speech. If you show someone a knife and threaten to stab them to death, that’s an actual crime. Freedom of speech ends where danger begins.