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| ▲ | Manuel_D 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Linehan was arrested for making this post: > If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls This seems like a straightforward call to violence to me. And he was released after police ascertained that he had no intent to act on these statements. If someone made posts along the lines of "Christians are abusive, punch them" would it be surprising if CBP took them aside for further questioning? |
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| ▲ | notahacker 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The other context is also that Linehan was awaiting trial for harassment and criminal damage against a 17 year old transperson at the time. And that he ultimately didn't get charged for the tweets, and did get friends in high places to whinge at the police on his behalf | |
| ▲ | owenmarshall 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | CBP, maybe not - there’s a lot more leeway for things that happen at the border, for better or worse. But in general US law sets a high bar for claims of incitement. Your hypothetical statement would certainly be considered protected speech. That is, of course, not to say that you would not be a victim of vindictive prosecution ;) | |
| ▲ | jvanderbot 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | yes, actually, it would be suprising if CBP took them aside for further questioning. That's not really how it's "supposed" to work. | | |
| ▲ | Manuel_D 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Er, no, that's exactly how it's supposed to work: people who make violent threats have those threats more thoroughly assessed. |
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| ▲ | krige 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The suggestion that the actions within UK happen everywhere in Europe is just as misleading. |
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| ▲ | soperj 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| UK voted not to be a part of Europe. Well, at least the England part of the UK did. |
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| ▲ | meta_gunslinger 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Are you thick? Europe is a geographical area, not the EU. It's like saying Switzerland is not in Europe. | | |
| ▲ | Hikikomori 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Speak for yourself. I'd rather them be outside Europe as well, Scotland, Wales and Ireland can stay though. | | |
| ▲ | meta_gunslinger 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | You are making a normative claim (what you want). Not a nominal one (what is). Completely irrelevant, the UK cannot be outside of Europe geographically because of your feelings. |
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