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This was posted in the comments about 16 minutes ago on NewMax by a one "Centurion53" here:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/Dick-Morris-Obama-immigration-border/2014/07/11/id/582218/#comment-1482376350
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Sienna86
(2,149 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)As such, it's not protected by the First Amendment.
He needs a little knock on his door by the FBI.
randys1
(16,286 posts)boy, talk about someone who is a racist...wow
How is that racist?
randys1
(16,286 posts)newcriminal
(2,190 posts)Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)would think twice before making a reference to "stringing up" a black man. Is it really that much of a stretch to see that?
newcriminal
(2,190 posts)He didn't say lynched, I have never heard of a black man dying by being strung up by their thumbs.
randys1
(16,286 posts)i can prove it
you see they oppose him yet he has done nothing, policy wise, that they opposed before he was for it
they oppose him solely on race
left opposes him for legitimate reasons, not the right
basic common sense
Hofbrau
(53 posts)I can't tell...
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)It makes no difference whether "by his thumbs" or "by his toes" is added. The message has already ben delivered and received, loud and clear.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)graegoyle
(532 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)jmowreader
(50,555 posts)Which this asshole also wants to do. Yeah, he needs a lil visit from Agent Mike.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)Racist? There's nothing I can see in the comment that indicates race. The poster may well be racist, but that comment doesn't make him one AFAICS.
newcriminal
(2,190 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Moran put his own face to that comment.
Tetris_Iguana
(501 posts)PMcDee
(43 posts)of Gene Hackman as Popeye in the French Connection. What an insult to Hackman.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Look at lovely scenery there, so many blessings fouled by hateful people.
They're not doing without. Most haters live well.
I can't help but think, why is there no gratitude for the gifts they enjoy daily?
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)their hatred via their religion. Then others speak of Eden as they boast their hatefulness not getting that earth is a beautiful place fucked up by individuals such as they are. They are hate cults and to them their hatred is a sport. They seem to have been here since the beginning of time, defective beings wandering in the lower orbs of life in their creepy ruts of hatred. Such damn sick individuals.
Michigander_Life
(549 posts)If he has said "I'm going to...." then yes it would be a death threat. Legally, wishing violent death upon someone isn't the same as threatening it, unfortunately.
Here's another example:
"I hope you die in a car fire."
"I'm going to burn you alive."
One is a criminal threat and one is not. Our legal system is screwed up.
(I'm not advocating threats or making threats. Just explaining the difference with examples.)
G_j
(40,366 posts)but urging others to violence is ceratinly hate speech.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Our First Amendment really is unique in the world. Even most Democracies ban hate speech while otherwise promoting "free speech".
newcriminal
(2,190 posts)former9thward
(31,984 posts)Would you want the authorities dissecting every post on DU?
Michigander_Life
(549 posts)... Let me guess?
former9thward
(31,984 posts)Michigander_Life
(549 posts)doxydad
(1,363 posts)The bastard child of Faux Noise....what do you expect?
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)It should be brought to their attention, so they can decide.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)WillowTree
(5,325 posts).......would be to send a screen shot and a link to the Secret Service and let them decide.
To be filed in the "Better Safe than Sorry" folder.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Now they're trying to win this asshole's vote.
onecaliberal
(32,827 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)It's Christian Love!
get the red out
(13,462 posts)It's several. God that bagger verbiage always sounds so strange, as well as threatening.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)EEO
(1,620 posts)conservaphobe
(1,284 posts)But for now, it probably will.
cheapdate
(3,811 posts)The speaker is using the subjunctive mood. The threat is implied.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)These people are fucking nuts! Very dangerous.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)with an arsenal in his bedroom.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)To be a death threat, the threat has to be immediate, like "i'm going to kill you". To say that you "should" be killed, etc is shitheaded, but doesn't rise to the legal level to be considered a true threat.
Unmenacing Dennis
(50 posts)Centurion53 is either a banker or defense contractor!