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Bannon called for the beheading of Dr. Fauci: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/05/steve-bannon-calls-for-beheading-dr-fauci-and-fbi-director-wray.html https://boi

Bannon called for the beheading of Dr. Fauci: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/05/steve-bannon-calls-for-beheading-dr-fauci-and-fbi-director-wray.html https://boingboing.net/2020/11/05/steve-bannon-calls-for-beh...

rglover 6y ago
That one is far more egregious, but still not a call to violence.
- hristov 6y ago
  Really? Is it a call for a non-violent beheading?
- brandmeyer 6y ago
  What definition of "call to violence" are you using where posting the severed heads of your enemies doesn't qualify?
  - rglover 6y ago
    I would think a call to violence meant "hey people, go do this ____." It's certainly tactless and a really dumb thing to say and I understand why they took him down. Edit: yes. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/373 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/373 "Whoever, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against property or against the person of another in violation of the laws of the United States, and under circumstances strongly corroborative of that intent, solicits, commands, induces, or otherwise endeavors to persuade such other person to engage in such conduct" I think he should be investigated for that claim, but that headline reads like he was telling people to go commit a crime. Edit 2: Recommended reading. https://www.amazon.com/How-Judges-Think-Pims-Immigration/dp/0674048067 https://www.amazon.com/How-Judges-Think-Pims-Immigration/dp/...
    - viraptor 6y ago
      The line is not that clear. Otherwise "it would be a shame if you didn't pay and your shop burned down" would not be intimidation for protection racket.
    - lumpenprole 6y ago
      "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
- krapp 6y ago
  Ted Nugent was even less egregious when he said he'd wind up dead or in jail if Obama got a second term, but he still got a visit from the Secret Service over it because people are capable of reading between the lines. In a tense political climate where violence has already broken out in the streets, erring on the side of caution seems like a good idea.
  - rglover 6y ago
    I agree with that and think it'd be reasonable for the Secret Service or FBI to give Bannon a visit.

rglover 6y ago

That one is far more egregious, but still not a call to violence.

hristov 6y ago
Really? Is it a call for a non-violent beheading?
brandmeyer 6y ago
What definition of "call to violence" are you using where posting the severed heads of your enemies doesn't qualify?
- rglover 6y ago
  I would think a call to violence meant "hey people, go do this ____." It's certainly tactless and a really dumb thing to say and I understand why they took him down. Edit: yes. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/373 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/373 "Whoever, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against property or against the person of another in violation of the laws of the United States, and under circumstances strongly corroborative of that intent, solicits, commands, induces, or otherwise endeavors to persuade such other person to engage in such conduct" I think he should be investigated for that claim, but that headline reads like he was telling people to go commit a crime. Edit 2: Recommended reading. https://www.amazon.com/How-Judges-Think-Pims-Immigration/dp/0674048067 https://www.amazon.com/How-Judges-Think-Pims-Immigration/dp/...
  - viraptor 6y ago
    The line is not that clear. Otherwise "it would be a shame if you didn't pay and your shop burned down" would not be intimidation for protection racket.
  - lumpenprole 6y ago
    "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
krapp 6y ago
Ted Nugent was even less egregious when he said he'd wind up dead or in jail if Obama got a second term, but he still got a visit from the Secret Service over it because people are capable of reading between the lines. In a tense political climate where violence has already broken out in the streets, erring on the side of caution seems like a good idea.
- rglover 6y ago
  I agree with that and think it'd be reasonable for the Secret Service or FBI to give Bannon a visit.