FFS

Jan. 8th, 2011 04:40 pm
cinema_babe: (Lips)
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Some prosecutor needs to step up to the plate and begin charging anyone who maintains anything called a "Hit List" or anything that even vaguely seems to allude to the injury or killing of a person or people with murder or conspiracy.

Come down on them with the wrath Judgment Day; no mercy. Sell all of their assets and half of their joint asses if they have a spouse/partner and give that money to the surviving victims and the survivors of the dead.

And start with Sarah Palin.

The freedom to disagree with someone is a guaranteed right. As is the freedom to be offensive, rude, disparaging, petty, mean, ignorant and a whole host of other unpleasant manifestations of human behavior. However, the right to effectively paint a bulls eye on your opponents' is as good as taking the gun into your hands and pulling the trigger or setting off the bomb. It's depriving people who might disagree with you of *their* First Amendment right through the use of fear and it is not only murder

It's fucking Un-American.

Date: 2011-01-08 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cinema-babe.livejournal.com
But if I and an associate mug someone and my associate, unbeknownst to me, has a gun and kills the victim, I could be charged with the murder as well.

I am willing to accept the point that the person inciting the act did not in fact have the gun in their hands. I'm willing to accept the point that every human has free will and the murder acted of that free will (after all, the vast majority of the people reading a given "Hit List" do not commit murder). I do not think that prosecuting the inciter should in any way minimize the responsibility or guilt of the actual perpetrator.

However, I do believe whomever made that list is at the very least guilty of conspiracy and I still believe that this is an act of terrorism designed to deprive ideological opponents of the First Amendment rights.
Edited Date: 2011-01-08 10:57 pm (UTC)

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