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> "Bo Raxo" <crimenewscenter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "the big dog" <thebygdog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On May 5, 8:14 am, "Bo Raxo" <crimenewscen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> "the big dog" <thebyg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> > How on earth can a crowd of people be intimidated in any fa****on
>>>> > whatsoever by a goddamn symbol? It's ridiculous and infantile.
>>>>
>>>> Because it can be construed as a threat of real violence. Like, say,
>>>> if
>>>> there was a history of black people being lynched....duh. Murders of
>>>> complete strangers for reasons of race (and ***ual orientation) still
>>>> occur
>>>> today, or aren't you aware of that?
>>>
>>> In public? surrounded by scores of other folk of similar race? For
>>> gods sake, grow a pair and learn to live in a free society, or move to
>>> one that is more to your liking.a
>>
>> Dimwit, while the symbol of the threat may be in a public place with
>> plenty of witnesses, that doesn't mean the violence will be carried out
>> right then and there. Do you think James Byrd was killed in broad
>> daylight? Have you never heard of the history of lynchings - often
>> carried out in the dead of night, when a victim was caught out at night
>> or dragged from his home.
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>
> Females are ***ually harrassed in public all the time. I don't see you
> griping about that sort of 'freedom of speech'.
>
You can't equate *all* ***ual harassment with a threat of violence (***ual
or otherwise).
If you're walking down the street and some guy wolf whistles and says
"nice
ass baby", he's rude, he's ***ually harassed you. If you work together he
should lose his job.
If not, then it should be covered by freedom of speech.
Now if the same guy says, "I'd like to drag you in to the nearest alley
and
tap that" he's actually threatened violence, by the standard that a
reasonable person would construe it that way.
There's your difference.
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