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This is the UK - do you have a US example? Because I know that doing this with current POTUS will get you a visit from Secret Service.

by r00fus 3y ago

TeMPOraL 3y ago
> Because I know that doing this with current POTUS will get you a visit from Secret Service. Funny. That makes it sound like USA is the USSR from the childhood jokes about the difference between USA and the USSR.
tpmoney 3y ago
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/los-angeles-protestors-burn-donald-trumps-head-effigy-946062/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/los-ange... https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/trump-pinata-school/ https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/trump-pinata-school/ https://am870theanswer.com/all/la-antifa-group-hangs-trump-in-effigy https://am870theanswer.com/all/la-antifa-group-hangs-trump-i... https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-effigy-hangs-from-tree-with-noose-around-its-neck https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-effigy-hangs... https://www.coloradoan.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/01/01/fort-collins-movie-theater-burns-president-donald-trump-effigy-new-years-eve-bonfire-goodbye-2020/4106556001/ https://www.coloradoan.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/01/01/f... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3500960/I-hate-Trump-Shocking-moment-Salt-Lake-City-protester-BEHEADS-effigy-Donald-Trump-steps-city-hall.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3500960/I-hate-Trum... https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/31620818443 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/31620818443 https://www.newsweek.com/protest-trump-doll-guillotine-outside-white-house-rnc-1528381 https://www.newsweek.com/protest-trump-doll-guillotine-outsi... And that's just the last president. If you search, you'll find plenty of similar examples for Obama and Bush too. Going further back than that will probably be harder to find records for, but yeah we have a long tradition of wishing death on our politicians and expressing that quite loudly. And almost all the time, it's certainly legal, whether or not the local community is keen on it varies.

This is the UK - do you have a US example? Because I know that doing this with current POTUS will get you a visit from Secret Service.

by r00fus 3y ago

This is the UK - do you have a US example? Because I know that doing this with current POTUS will get you a visit from Secret Service.

TeMPOraL 3y ago

> Because I know that doing this with current POTUS will get you a visit from Secret Service. Funny. That makes it sound like USA is the USSR from the childhood jokes about the difference between USA and the USSR.

tpmoney 3y ago

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/los-angeles-protestors-burn-donald-trumps-head-effigy-946062/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/los-ange... https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/trump-pinata-school/ https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/trump-pinata-school/ https://am870theanswer.com/all/la-antifa-group-hangs-trump-in-effigy https://am870theanswer.com/all/la-antifa-group-hangs-trump-i... https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-effigy-hangs-from-tree-with-noose-around-its-neck https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-effigy-hangs... https://www.coloradoan.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/01/01/fort-collins-movie-theater-burns-president-donald-trump-effigy-new-years-eve-bonfire-goodbye-2020/4106556001/ https://www.coloradoan.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/01/01/f... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3500960/I-hate-Trump-Shocking-moment-Salt-Lake-City-protester-BEHEADS-effigy-Donald-Trump-steps-city-hall.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3500960/I-hate-Trum... https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/31620818443 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/31620818443 https://www.newsweek.com/protest-trump-doll-guillotine-outside-white-house-rnc-1528381 https://www.newsweek.com/protest-trump-doll-guillotine-outsi... And that's just the last president. If you search, you'll find plenty of similar examples for Obama and Bush too. Going further back than that will probably be harder to find records for, but yeah we have a long tradition of wishing death on our politicians and expressing that quite loudly. And almost all the time, it's certainly legal, whether or not the local community is keen on it varies.