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In reply to the discussion: Wait so the shooter wasn't even on the same floor???! [View all]marble falls
(72,415 posts)32. Where was HIS hate speech? We have have speech laws that increase a penalty for, say assault. ...
... Where was his assault? We can write all the hate speech or deepest darkest thoughts any time we want - as long as it remains private or between like minded citizens who keep it to him/themselves. This guy's freely made speech was discovered in an non warranted, exigent search. A judge will rule later during pretrial hearings whether or not he was using "hate speech" or making a list to use for ALLEGED crimes he was acting on. What do you have against the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments rights to due process? There may even be Fifth Amendment issues regarding self incrimination.
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And never fired a round. Or so I've heard somewhere. He was just excercizing his 2nd Amendment rights to carry.
marble falls
Monday
#4
Well, he did send his family a list of cabinet members he was targeting. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Monday
#5
No accusation was made, just a fair enough question. We all want to know where others stand. I'd vote ...
marble falls
Tuesday
#13
Allegedly. Allegedly. It might be circumstantial evidence of something. No law against making or keeping a list.
marble falls
Tuesday
#12
It doesn't prove any sort of intent, anymore than a sugar cookie recipe proves Betty Crocker intends to cause ...
marble falls
Tuesday
#17
BS. You can notate anything you want. Don't you have free speech in Canada? There's no law against any writing ...
marble falls
Tuesday
#23
Where was HIS hate speech? We have have speech laws that increase a penalty for, say assault. ...
marble falls
Tuesday
#32
We don't know why TACO maybe ate documents, perhaps he was using them to suppliment his fiber intake.
marble falls
Tuesday
#18
Wait, you mean Rat Face Miller used his wife and unborn child as a shield and he wasn't even within danger
Buddyzbuddy
Tuesday
#10
Oh yes he did. He was terrified, like he had a vision of the Nurmburg Trials or the "Night of the Longknives".
marble falls
Tuesday
#14
What? You don't want to have a fair trial with a presumption of innocence? Whose side are you on???
marble falls
Tuesday
#15
I believe it was Robert Reich who said that 15 such attempts were made on Obama.
Scrivener7
Tuesday
#29