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If you had been yelling that you would be happy that someone's house burned down, I suspect you would be a suspect in the event that said house burned down. Do
by taeric 3y ago
If you had been yelling that you would be happy that someone's house burned down, I suspect you would be a suspect in the event that said house burned down. Does that mean we are stifling free speech that hopes harm on people?
I can see some concern over this, but just not in this case. If it was, "all people that searched pyromancy" and that included people that were looking up fireworks, for example. Or if it was all people that looked at any house on redfin in that state.
This was a fairly targeted search, all told. "Anyone been asking around about the victim?"
- godd2 3y agoI didn't know we became pyromancers on July 4th.
- heavyset_go 3y agoNobody is loudly and publicly expressing malice towards the victims of the arson, they privately, not loudly and publicly, Googled innocuous things that in no way express malice.
- taeric 3y agoMy point there is that we would fully expect publicly expressing malice to victims would get you on a suspect list. Heck, private expression of malice would likely get you added if they found out about it. Do we consider that a chilling effect of speech, that people are less likely to express malice to victims of a crime? This isn't even hypothetical in light of current world events.