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Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid in Utah (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1255681

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes. Until the person takes an action like bringing a rifle to within range of the president and actually attempting to assassinate said president, then it's free speech and you should stop being a fascist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Making threats isn't a capital offense but it's also jot protected speech. It never has been.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Making threats with intent to carry them out and ability to do so is not protected speech. The tricky part is proving intent to actually carry out the threat like having written plans.