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It's not so much about the words as the material consequences of those words.

• curryst 6y ago
  That's a bad line to draw. "We're helpless to do anything until someone dies" isn't likely to draw a lot of sympathy.
  • jmull 6y ago
    That seems like a great place to draw the line to me.
  • bbeesley 6y ago
    Isn’t that the way laws work? You can’t prosecute someone until they’ve committed a crime. The issue here is whether the “crime” is tweeting stuff that starts an insurrection, or tweeting stuff that could be interpreted as potentially starting an insurrection. Me telling someone to go fuck themselves probably isn’t a problem, but me telling someone with learning difficulties to go fuck themselves and them feeling compelled to do it and hurting themselves probably is a problem.
    • leetcrew 6y ago
      > You can’t prosecute someone until they’ve committed a crime. technically yes, but attempting a crime is often considered a crime itself.