“Correct. But how about laughing at it? Gloating over it? Specifically, should the government crack down on/jail/fine anybody who laughs at someone on the receiving end of violence?”
It has happened here on the FR countless times... “Good... Can’t wait to piss on it”.
Anyone else see the Kirk situation being taken advantage of to implement control and punishment of online speech, political ideology, and permit warrantless privacy invasion? They are going to push for open backdoors to web servers next.
What happened to Kirk is an atrocity, and of course celebrating it is evil and ruthless. But is the cost of their “remedies” going to end up being government overreach that will carry into a future liberal administration? I’m watching government in real time take advantage of this situation to legalize government overreach and digital control...
I absolutely see and support the organic spinoff of private employers and organizations punishing employees. This is well within their rights and common sense because those employees also represent the face and integrity of the company or organization. But I also see the government talking about implementing laws and criminal charges for disparaging speech. This is a private sector issue, not a government issue and the end result will not be selective, it will be one size fit’s all.
It is all good now as far as conservatives see it, but conservatives are not going to control that power in the near future. We may be sorry what we are asking for here... So which is the lesser of the two evils?
Rand said he wants to crack down on people for "making light" of the despicable attack on him. Because that incites violence.
Oh really?
And as you stated, if the demoncraps obtain power again, they will surely use that same power to crack down on most of FR for "making light" of whatever bad thing happens to a leftist. I mean, who decides what after-the-fact jokes or "making light" of a demoncrap's demise rises to the level of "inciting violence"?
If someone is making threats about some future act, sure, go after them. But laughing about it afterwards? What is this? The Bureau of Thought Crimes now?