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Searched for 'violence' and derivative forms in that wiki link:

> limitations on free speech balance rights to free speech and other rights, such as rights for ... protection from imminent or potential violence against particular persons.

The speech is not violent. However, we can say that speech that promotes such might not be allowed under "free speech."

Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater is not violent though it can cause people to panic and cause harm.



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