There should be a discussion about LW's policy to allow calls for violence

This post does not represent the best arguments that different sides might produce, and I don't claim to pass anyone's ITT here; I write this to start a discussion I think is important for LW to have.America’s First Amendment protections often give people in the US a right to call for violence, except specific calls likely to produce imminent action. Social media platforms converged on banning specific calls for violence. The community around Less Wrong values honesty and open conversation; it also represents a community of people focused on AI existential threat, and what’s going on here reflects on the perception of the broader AI x-risk community and on the Overton window of actions available to the sympathizers.At the moment, LessWrong’s policy is to allow calls for violence, including specific[1].The head of LessWrong moderation Oliver Habryka says that allowing discussion of violence leads to better common knowledge that people think violence is a bad idea, than instead deleting any discussion of it. (Disclosure on potential conflict of interests: Oliver and I had conflicts, including my Twitter post about the topic of this post resulting in Oliver banning me from everything he can, except LW.) He also said there are clearly some circumstances in which violence is permitted, and people will know that, and if discussion of violence isn’t permitted, people will rationalize that their situation is one of those circumstances.I think it's a false dichotomy to either allow all discussion of violence, including specific calls for killing specific people in a coordinated manner, or to not ever permit any discussion even of the kinds of situations where violence can be justified, at any degree of specificity.These two extremes are not the only options. Many platforms strike some balance and have some rules. Discussion of whether you’re allowed to hit someone who is attacking you with a gun is usually allowed. Conspiracy to assassinate the president is usually not permit