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Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by robotresearcher »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #54
rayiner wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> while the percentage of households with guns has gone down, significantly The civilian gun stock has grown significantly since the 60s [1]. These data, together, seem to imply a large (but declining) number of households with a couple of guns and a few households with a ridiculous number of guns. Of course, the dagger in your argument is that American divorce rates are not extraordinary [2]. Our gun ownership and s…

> Of course, the dagger in your argument is…

Reading comprehension moment: the parent comment was carefully not claiming either side of the argument.

Your response, and the downvotes, are as if they declared for the locally unpopular side. They did not.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

marcusb wrote: post #25
whatshisface wrote: post #15

I think this is an example of using slow trials as a nonjudicial weapon. The defendant did not break the law and isn't likely to be convicted (at least not on appeal), but they can hold him in jail for months because they got mad at his Facebook post.

As they say, you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride.

> but you can't beat the ride

You sure as hell can get paid for it afterwards.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by thegrim33 »

The guy made multiple posts, which, taken together, made people supposedly consider him as making threats. The journalist here decides to cover this story, but only mention the content of one of his posts, and completely ignoring and not mentioning the contents of the other posts.

Surely the other posts are completely benign and there's nothing of interest in there, right? Surely the journalist had a reason for only reporting on the contents of one of his posts, and not the others, and that choice wasn't intentional in order to present a biased interpretation of reality. Surely.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by overfeed »

TrackerFF wrote: post #28

I looked at the pictures, and even with no context, it was obvious that he was pointing out the hypocrisy of Trump with that meme. Ain't no way people looked at the picture, and genuinely thought "Is he threatening to shoot up the school?" . But then again, there are some incredibly stupid people out there. To me, it mostly seems like manufactured outrage. Someone saw him posting edgy memes, got offended, and called…

He is being punished for his speech. His persecutors aren't bold enough yet to publicly proclaim their violation of his constitutional rights, hence the verbal gymnastics.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

bongodongobob wrote: post #68
squigz wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't make the mistake of thinking comments on a random article are indicative of the way the population actually thinks. They may not even be real.

They are real. I cleansed 100s of people from Facebook that were planning Charlie Kirk vigils and shit. It's real.

There is a huge difference between holding a vigil and demanding retribution.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by eth0up »

daseiner1 wrote: post #72
eth0up wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a large group of people saying that anyone who doesn't accept a guy from a couple thousand years ago into a primary organ in their chest area, that not only do they deserve to die, they will, and then be damned for eternity. Others openly suggest capital punishment for nonviolent crimes. E.g. narco boaters, repeat offenders, homeless (see: Killmeade), drugs etc. In fact, we have no sanctions on Singapore, a l…

large-scale drug smuggling is absolutely a violent crime.

Even when it isn't?

Edit: what your type tends to be highly obtuse to, is the impending reality of blowback, where your warping of law is turned upon you. But it feels so good now, it must be worth it.

Abuse of power has serious consequences.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by baobabKoodaa »

thegrim33 wrote: post #83

The guy made multiple posts, which, taken together, made people supposedly consider him as making threats. The journalist here decides to cover this story, but only mention the content of one of his posts, and completely ignoring and not mentioning the contents of the other posts. Surely the other posts are completely benign and there's nothing of interest in there, right? Surely the journalist had a reason for only…

The other posts were linked in the story. They were your everyday internet meme stuff. No person genuinely thought that this guy was threatening to do a school shooting.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by baobabKoodaa »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #80
baobabKoodaa wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Self-identified "conservatives" are pushing this wave of censorship and autocracy. You're not helping anyone with those rhetoric tricks.

> Self-identified "conservatives" are pushing this wave of censorship and autocracy Are they? MAGA has made it a point to purge the former GOP of conservatives.

I'm gonna need a source for that with specificity to the "conservative" self-identification.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by astura »

whatshisface wrote: post #15

I think this is an example of using slow trials as a nonjudicial weapon. The defendant did not break the law and isn't likely to be convicted (at least not on appeal), but they can hold him in jail for months because they got mad at his Facebook post.

Months? This shit can go on for years. Emanuel Fair spent 9 years in prison and was ultimately acquited.

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/seeking-jus...

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