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Rustybot t1_ivpyk1l wrote

Reply to comment by Insipid_Pedantry in He jokingly compared covid to a zombie apocalypse. An arrest followed. by maxxspeed

First amendment does not protect ones right to incite violence and mayhem.

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PuellaBona t1_ivq6lfd wrote

Satire is protected under the 1st amendment

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Rustybot t1_ivq70kr wrote

Correct. And if you know anything about satire, you know that it often, predictably gets confused for truth.

He was arrested, not convicted. The charges were dropped.

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PuellaBona t1_ivqdfep wrote

Funny, you say arrested when he had a fucking swat team bust in his house. Let's not pretend this shouldn't have happened in the first place.

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Rustybot t1_ivqigno wrote

Yeah, but if you reduce the headline to “Sherrif’s office slightly abuses power by enforcing marginal transgressions for personal BS reasons” this would stuck in the pile with all the others. This is the core of our police system.

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17times2 t1_ivrq4p3 wrote

> does not protect ones right to incite violence and mayhem.

In what way did he incite violence and mayhem?

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Rustybot t1_ivrqvdc wrote

Such was the arresting conditions.

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17times2 t1_ivrr9mm wrote

So you can't actually answer; you're just deferring to the cops arresting him as proof he committed a crime.

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Metalhippy666 t1_ivs4zcw wrote

Well some of the folks on this site are simple proud folk, the common clay of the land... you know morons.

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