Forum Post: Occupy Protester Threatens SC Gov’s Life............
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 27, 2011, 3:16 a.m. EST by brettdecker
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A South Carolina man is accused of threatening the life of Gov. Nikki Haley on Facebook, but he claims he was only making a point about free speech.
"I hope someone murders you before I do. How's that for freedom of speech?"
This is ugly language but was this actually a serious threat?
Sounds like he was being outrageous to prove a point, although I'll say again, it is an ugly way to prove a point.
Anybody remember "Who's gonna shoot Obama?"
Shouted at a Republican Congressman's townhall meeting in Georgia, I believe?
http://www.salon.com/2011/02/25/broun_shoot_obama/
This is a very grey area.
Two weeks before the 2008 election, a California man left a vicious message about Barack Obama on a Yahoo finance message board. "Re: Obama fk the niggar, he will have a 50 cal in the head soon."
In July of 2009, Bagdasarian was convicted of violating 18 USC s 879(a)(3), a federal law that makes it a felony to threaten a major presidential candidate with death or bodily harm.
Later, a federal appeals court in California reversed his conviction - which had gotten him sentenced to 60 days in a halfway house — ruling that his posts did not fall under the law, and that his speech was protected by the first amendment.
Now that being said, legal or not, I still believe it is inappropriate to threaten someone's life in a forum. There are better ways to get your point across. I would say that these types of threats inflict irrespirable damage on the message of a cause.
So calling for the murder of democrats is ok but when its done back to the republicans its like a major crime is being committed? Idc either way, I'm fine with lining the streets with the bodies of dead american political leaders.
Right wing nutjobs don't just call for the murder of their political opponents. They go out and shoot them in the head, eg Gabrielle Giffords.
They don't like multiculturalism, so they slaughter a multicultural youth camp. They don't like the ATF, they blow up a federal building. And of course they are always stockpiling arms.
After spewing that load of crap you should really go brush your teeth.
Truth's a bitch. Suck it up, Dorian Gray.
No they were all caught doing that. Have you not even heard about the group of old tea party whack jobs that were going to manufacture ricin?
Spoken like a true militant "non-violent",progressive Lib protester.
And yet never a word of condemnation from the right wing scum for threatening the president or shooting that democrat lady in arizona. Just excuses. Oh, and implying that I care or that Im a lib or progressive. Also, implying any of you could ever stop us if you wanted to.
"that democrat lady in arizona" was shot by a Leftist who read Mien Kampf. Ha,you've already have been stopped,really before you have even begun. No implication just fact.
A leftist who read right-wing Ayn Rand and right-wing Hitler's screed?
If you're about to go off on fascism being of the left, be prepared to have your ass handed to you, intellectually speaking. I'd recommend against it.
"right-wing Hitler's screed"
Ah,it's the make up anything and try to sell like it's fact loserhuman. Good to see that you're full of crap as always.
Oh here we go.
I'll let you start reading, need to go bang my head against a wall before I prepare my argument.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Definitions
You know, based on your ad hom, it's obvious you're just troll that's not worth my time, so I'll give you the quick version, and a copy/paste job - more than you deserve anyway.
Fascism is rabidly anti-egalitarian - specifically anti-communist and anti-liberal. You might relate.
"We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the right, a fascist century." - Mussolini
Hitler only "became" a leftist in the past few years. For sixty years he was a right wing fascist.
Now all the sudden, he's a socialist.
Yep. Revisionist history. FDR is a "fascist" now too. Once the lines are blurred they can manipulate it all to their hearts' content.
Goebbels would be proud.
[sarc] Oh!, but don't forget Mussolini once ran a Commie paper before WWII, so that proves that he was a Socialist Fascist! [/sarcasm]
First it was a leftist, then a truther, then a tea partier. Then they all settled that it was just some lone nut. Weird how you types always just stick to the one that you agree with. And a leftist that was reading mein kampf.....ok yeah...sure. I mean you link to sites like fox news so its not a surprise that your low level iq would look at a site like that and post that kind of dreck on here and with a straight face call it news. And nope, still don't care if all political leaders die. Weird how you types are for that, but never when it doesn't suit you. Just go back into the kitchen lady. Your husband wants a sandwich after having disappointing sex with you. He needs the energy to go and fuck your best friend.
Lame reply,"you types" now that's funny...coming from an OWS defecating street hippy "type" reeking of disease and urine. That's really 1% rich. Now go back to your rape tent.
MMMMMMMMMM raaaaaaaaaaaape! om nom nom nom
pathetic
Yeah,I agree. These Occupiers are just that; "pathetic",and it's only going to get worse.
Bring it, pussy
Bring what? And where? And when?