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lees1975

(6,184 posts)
Tue Dec 28, 2021, 11:37 AM Dec 2021

There has to be a constitutional line somewhere to protect people from Q-Anon danger

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-dad-killed-his-kids-over-qanon-serpent-dna-conspiracy-n1276611

Yes, the father was held accountable for the murders of his children, as he should have been. And I know all of the arguments about the slippery slope that we go down when we start messing with free speech, regardless of the content of it. But these were kids who couldn't see this coming. There's a measure of responsibility and accountability that goes with every guarantee of individual rights and the accountability for stuff like this goes beyond the ignorance and stupidity of the individual who acted on the information.

Don't you think?

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There has to be a constitutional line somewhere to protect people from Q-Anon danger (Original Post) lees1975 Dec 2021 OP
The Q-Anon movement was made to take advantage of Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #1
I watched a documentary that uncovered the identity rownesheck Dec 2021 #2
So many things about which you could say "there ought to be a law" DeeNice Dec 2021 #3

Haggard Celine

(17,075 posts)
1. The Q-Anon movement was made to take advantage of
Tue Dec 28, 2021, 12:14 PM
Dec 2021

people who are mentally ill and/or needy people without critical thinking skills. I think that if they could pinpoint Q himself and prove that his intention was to radicalize people and get them to do horrific things, they should be able to sue him. But I don't know if it would be possible to prosecute for criminal offenses. I'm not sure how I would feel about throwing people in jail for speech, no matter how awful. If it's seditious speech and misinformation that could harm people, I would have to say that it should be stopped. But a rule like that would have to be used sparingly.

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
2. I watched a documentary that uncovered the identity
Tue Dec 28, 2021, 04:13 PM
Dec 2021

of "Q". Turns out "Q" is just an old Speak and Spell that washed up on Jeffrey Epstein's private island.

DeeNice

(579 posts)
3. So many things about which you could say "there ought to be a law"
Tue Dec 28, 2021, 04:29 PM
Dec 2021

but one was never needed because some level of standards and decency prevailed. But then here comes tfg and his coup crew, barging through everything we thought was solid wall. And little was there to stop them. So we have got to fix this. Never again.

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