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Not Promoting vioelence. However when did it become illegal to say I WANT TO KILL THE PRESIDENT??? But I can freely say for example I want to kill 89 Gertrude down the street? (lemmy.world)

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

In the US, the Supreme Court ruled that credible threats are not free speech. Doesn’t matter who the threat is against. Other countries, I’m not so sure.

I think the Secret Service actively investigates threats to the president and other high ranking officials. Your neighbor would have to file a complaint with the police.

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