Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoIf I threaten a politician to kill them like Trump did to Liz Cheney could I be arrested? If so how come Trump hasn't been arrested for it?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down18
arrow-up1219arrow-down1message-squareIf I threaten a politician to kill them like Trump did to Liz Cheney could I be arrested? If so how come Trump hasn't been arrested for it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareJohnmannesca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down12·8 hours agoSo basically the shit-talker’s easy way out? I’m ashamed of, but not surprised, the fact that the Supreme Court was the one that came up with the coward’s way out to hate speech.
minus-squareBumpingFuglieslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 hours agoWhat a simplistic, destructive take. Nuance exists in this world. In a free society, a distinction needs to be made between real, credible threats and simple hyperbole. Also, “hate speech” is a real term, and it doesn’t mean ‘saying you hate someone.’
So basically the shit-talker’s easy way out? I’m ashamed of, but not surprised, the fact that the Supreme Court was the one that came up with the coward’s way out to hate speech.
What a simplistic, destructive take.
Nuance exists in this world. In a free society, a distinction needs to be made between real, credible threats and simple hyperbole.
Also, “hate speech” is a real term, and it doesn’t mean ‘saying you hate someone.’