No, free speech can be unwise speech.
He would suffer no harm from his statement otherwise since he committed no crime.
But FaceBook trapped him.
“He would suffer no harm from his statement otherwise since he committed no crime.”
A liberal federal prosecutor could view it as a Terrorist Theat and a liberal federal judge could issue a search warrant for his house.
During that search they may find, fuel oil, fertilizers, nails, a pressure cooker, a rice cooker, timing devices and assorted firearms.
A Grand Jury would indict.
He would not be convicted at trial, but would have a lawyer bill of $200k.