Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Supreme Court justice who famously compared unpopular political speech to falsely shouting "Fire!" in a theater, ultimately came to believe that
A. unpopular political speech is actually more dangerous than shouting "Fire!" in a theater, so the comparison was inapt.
B. neither unpopular political speech nor shouting "Fire!" in a theater is actually all that dangerous.
C. unpopular political speech is as dangerous as falsely shouting "Fire!" in a theater, but the two offenses should be punished differently.
D. unpopular political speech is as dangerous as falsely shouting "Fire!" in a theater, but shouting "Fire!" in a theater is in fact protected by the Constitution.
E. unpopular political speech is not actually as dangerous as falsely shouting "Fire!" in a theater.
Answer: E
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