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we already have laws about this. It's the same thing as screaming fire in a movie theater leading to a crowd crush.

Intention isn't a free ticket. Negligence is deep in much of US laws.

Screaming fire in a movie theater is legal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...

>The utterance of "fire!" in itself is not generally illegal within the United States: "sometimes you could yell 'fire' in a crowded theater without facing punishment. The theater may actually be on fire. Or you may reasonably believe that the theater is on fire."[3] Furthermore, within the doctrine of First Amendment protected free speech within the United States, yelling "fire!" as speech is not itself the legally problematic event, but rather, "there are scenarios in which intentionally lying about a fire in a crowded theater and causing a stampede might lead to a disorderly conduct citation or similar charge."[3]

Sure, if you ignore all the other bits about context.

I wonder if people would use that phrase as much if they understood where it comes from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...

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