[Mr. Mojo]

a man holding a sign that said "Death to Obama" at a town hall meeting in Maryland was detained and turned over to the Secret Service which will likely soon charge him with threatening the president.

Sounds more like the guy's wish than a threat.

The Bush signs I see above, however, are direct threats. And not surprisingly, were ignored.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

Way back in the day a Freeper posted up a late night threat here, against President Clinton. Yes, adult beverages were involved. I suggested it might be time to retire for the night (we were FRiends.) Next day, the Secret Service visited him at his Florida home. That night, he scanned the SS agent’s card, and posted it to FR! So many funny/crazy times, back then.

[onyx]

Original date 8/19/2009 ?

[stockpirate]

The sign is free speech, making a threat is; “I’m gonna do such and such”

So if a leader is a tyrant and someone has a sign that says death to tyrants that’s a threat