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To those who didn't read TFA: he wasn't talking about anime like Boku no Hero Academia or Dragon Ball Z. He was talking about hentai.
The article confirms that Crunchyroll and a couple other anime streamers are available in Texas.
The guy was trying to access PornHub (or a site like it) to watch hentai, and that site simply blocks all Texans (and people from other countries and US states that have similar laws).
As for those asking if it's illegal: the US constitution does enshrine the freedom of speech, or rather, your government's inability to pass laws restricting said freedom. However, there are still exceptions. You still can't make threats to officials, or other things that can harm others.
It's not about protecting anyone, it's about surveillance and an ability to blackmail/threaten anyone who steps out of line.
I'm not surprised given Texas's reputation. Big hats, big trucks, "don't mess with Texas"... yeah how about I just skip Texas entirely next time I visit the States. I hear some parts of it are nice, though, but hot isn't my thing.
Carrying a sword openly sounds awesome in theory but terrible in practice.
I have to go to Texas to complete a bucket list of mine (Visit all the national parks in the US) and I'm trying to figure out how I can do it without spending any money there... Pack in my own fuel, food, supplies, stay at free campgrounds or on public land. I don't want to spend a cent in Texas when I go.
Counterpoint: I've heard Whataburger is worth the money. It's also a Texas-based business, I believe. Never tried it, myself. Not sure if I would or not.
FYI - it's because he specifically said that he was going to stab them. That's a very real threat and actionable, most people have access to knives.
Now saying you're going to cut their heads off with a guillotine? That's protected by free speech, and you'd 100% be able to argue that in court because I guarantee you don't have a guillotine or know how to build one (hopefully, maybe you do - in that case do not say this).
Who the hell doesn't know how to build a guillotine? It's a knife hanging from a rope with guides on the sides. If you wanted to make a nice artsy one, you could just have one guided side.
I should have said 'know how and have the means to do so'.
A guillotine also isn't something you can just take into a court room and start killing people with - it's not a weapon in the traditional sense.
That's still anime.
Yeah the supreme court only decided free press applies to adult porn access in the late 20th century