I'm starting to think hate speech IS a crime

[Gman]

2. I'm aware of Brsndenburg and

The key quote is

In 1969, the Supreme Court's decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio effectively overturned Schenck and any authority the case still carried. There, the Court held that inflammatory speech--and even speech advocating violence by members of the Ku Klux Klan--is protected under the First Amendment, unless the speech "is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action" (emphasis mine).[\blockquote]

I really think Geller's show was directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.

So how do you prove intent? I think it could be done.

I don't think saying "Bush and Cheney are war criminals" rises to that level. Insulting someone's deity when it is known to cause violence, I think, is.