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> Finally, throwing milkshakes, just like throwing rotten fruit, is violence - mild violence, but still a very different thing than speech. It's not limited to
by deogeo 7y ago
> Finally, throwing milkshakes, just like throwing rotten fruit, is violence - mild violence, but still a very different thing than speech.
It's not limited to milkshakes. Lets apply some symmetry, say that the hateful rhetoric from the left has fanned Islamic attacks [1], or is what caused two black teens pouring gasoline on a white 13-year old, saying "This is what you deserve. You get what you deserve, white boy." as they set him on fire [2].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20184712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20184712
[2] https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teenagers-poured-gasoline-boy-walking-home-school-set-fire-cops-article-1.1033062 https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teenagers-poured-g...
- icebraining 7y agoTo the police, the kid only claimed they said "this is what you get". The white boy part seems to have come up later.
- deogeo 7y agoDoes "seems to have come up" mean he amended his statement after recovering from the fire damage to his lungs? I wasn't able to find any information on this.