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Orange County man bad
Death threats are crossing the line a little bit, but if this were a pro-abortion or trans activist saying the same things, would they get a prison sentence?
Misread that as “Orange Man Gets One Year In Prison”.
Whew.
It actually worked and they stopped calling me.
Antifa and BLM can threaten violence, arson, and even murder, and it’s just “the voice of the oppressed.”
Land O’ Lakes? Was he upset that they changed the butter cartons so you can’t fold it to make the Indian maiden’s knees become her breasts?
“The imbecile who wrote this entry should be hunted down and shot.”
That’s protected speech under the 1st Amendment, not a criminal threat. He will probably get the charge dismissed if he appeals to a high enough level.
How is an Orange County Calif man tried by a Massuchusetts court for his posts on the internet? Pretty sick crap going on here.
How is making an example of someone equal justice under law?
I sent Toyota a message through its contact form. I won’t buy their hybrid products the way they’re advertised.
All the while antifa and blm burned down cities and none were arrested, let alone convicted and imprisoned.
The government is the enemy.
Ordinarily “should be hunted down and shot” is mere rhetoric and not really a realistic attempt to incite an attack. The dictionary editor who made the revisions wasn’t named and probably there was no single person who made them. Threats to kill people — made in anger — or statements that they should be killed are not unusual, but fortunately rarely carried out. (For instance, at a press conference once, basketball coach John Chaney yelled “I’ll kill you” to his coaching rival John Calipari.)
Apparently “should be hunted down and shot” was not the full extent of the threats, though. According to the Orange County Register, “Twice he threatened to shoot and bomb company headquarters, prompting Merriam-Webster to close offices in Springfield and New York City for several days, prosecutors said. Hanson also wrote an email to the president of the University of North Texas in 2022 that said ‘You ought to be shot in the head and have your offices set on fire’”...
The threats that caused company headquarters to shut down for several days aren’t specified. If that happened, though, they may have been serious enough to merit some kind of criminal penalty. Political motivation may have influenced this prosecution (and the extent of the punishment for mere words), but this guy seems to be lacking in common sense. It’s understandable that people would wonder just how far he’d go.