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I think that nuance escapes people across the pond.

• icebraining 8y ago
  It's hard to assume nuance after stuff like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Joke_Trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Joke_Trial As someone on your side of the pound, though a bit closer to the equator, count me as one who wouldn't trust that kind of selective enforcement from the UK justice system.
  • striking 8y ago
    I didn't expect much from the link, but the person implicated had to pay nearly £1000 out of pocket, had lost his job, and then had to fight his conviction for a year and a half in three different appeals. For a tweet immediately considered not credible as a threat by the people to whom it was directed. Read a week after it was sent. Not sure what amount of nuance can be had after something like this.