https://archive.li/asM5c

A Texas woman has been charged with threatening to kill the judge overseeing a criminal case against Donald Trump.

Abigail Jo Shry, 43, allegedly called US District Judge Tanya Chutkan a “stupid slave” and used another racial slur in a voicemail message she left at the Washington courthouse.

She is reported to have said: “You are in our sights, we want to kill you… If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, b----.

“You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it.”

The article also includes an expectation meeting mugshot. For people that talk about violence, I’ve never been less intimidated.

  • msage@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    So then why call it ‘free speech’.

    Perhaps some other name should be used to better explain the concept.

    • astreus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I disagree.

      Free, in this context, means not captive (i.e. not controlled by a single entity). Speech is free. It just isn’t free from consequences in the wider standing of society. And most people do know that (my examples highlight it - should I have no consequences for inciting a lynch mob to kill your family if I didn’t string the noose?).

      Don’t let bad faith actors force us to do…anything! They’re bad faith actors!