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Defcon is a defense term indicating a level of preparedness. I don't see how it could possibly be argued that preparation and an incitement to violence are the
by stcroixx 4y ago
Defcon is a defense term indicating a level of preparedness. I don't see how it could possibly be argued that preparation and an incitement to violence are the same thing. Words matter even if he doesn't know what they mean. Would be very interesting to see that attempted.
Personally, I think he probably meant something else that very likely could have been closer to an incitement of violence, but he doesn't have the vocabulary and we can't convict someone for what you think might be in their head.
- themitigating 4y agoPreparation for what?
- dboreham 4y ago> I don't see how it could possibly be argued that preparation and an incitement to violence are the same thing. Possibly due to very limited imagination?
- stcroixx 4y agoOr familiarity with case law going back to Brandenburg. Do you know how many times this very high legal bar has been met in the US?
- shagmin 4y agoIt just plain reads as hostile to me, and hostile entities often claim they are just defending themselves (justified or not), whether people or countries. But I don't think anyone has mentioned convicting him of anything unless you're talking about a court of public opinion or something.
- threeseed 4y agoYour argument is similar to that of Tesla and the term autopilot. The technical definition of a word is not as important as the real world usage of the word. And pretty sure most people would consider using Defcon in that way to be hostile.
- shadowgovt 4y agoWe can't convict them, but we can absolutely ban them from a social media network. The threshold for that is far lower than legal deprivation of liberties.