An understandable and perhaps even restrained reaction.
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2026
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Uncensored, not for the faint of heart;
"I don't know which one of you sons of buttermilk passed this mother-flapjacking bill to get this dang snickerdoodle blocking my mother-flapjacking anime, but you whole entire fudgemuffins need to unpass this snickerdoodle. Y'all are frickle-fracking ridiculous with your buttermilk gravy-boats. My Google account says I'm frickle-fracking over the age of 18, and your dumb-bumpkin is passing these dumb-bumpkin laws. I'm a frickle-fracking stab every gosh-diddly one of you buttermilks. Unlock my frickle-fracking anime.
I’m a frickle-fracking stab every gosh-diddly one of you buttermilks. Unlock my frickle-fracking anime.
they sent a powet
Please put that in a spoiler! My son read that and now he's sporting a mohawk and calling his mother and I the b word! We don't want him saying that kind of language except on special occasions like when God allows us to eat pancakes (Lent). Now I have to explain cookies to him. Thanks a lot, maybe think of the fucking children next time.
~~Goddamn~~ Gosh-diddly this is gold
This right here is exactly why I haven't blocked .ml
Yes the mods over there can be twats, and yes there are militant shitbirds with asinine opinions (let's be honest, every instance has them). And then you get a post like this…
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"Man thinks threatening politicians is more effective than using a vpn"
Because using a VPN removes the burden of actually telling your representatives that they passed a shitty bill.
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Yeah, you need to first damage them, then threat of additional damage to them and their immediate families will work.
These privileged assholes who think getting things through official channels will work and is the best solution if only they just scream about their feelings (which they inform me facts don't care about) loud enough.
Its like they're children.
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Goddamn, the bleeps make that annoying to read. My best guess:
“I don’t know which one of you sons of bitches passed this motherfucking bill to get this damn shit blocking my motherfucking anime, but you whole ass motherfuckers need to unpass this shit. Y’all are fucking ridiculous with your bitch-asses. My Google account says I’m fucking over the age of 18, and your dumbass is passing these dumbass laws. I’m a fucking stab every goddamn one of you bitches. Unlock my fucking anime.”
Not sure that the first "s--"= shit, but, whatever.
Alternate translation:
I’m a fucking stab every goddamn one of you bakas.
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He was swearing so much it almost turned into morsecode.
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.
Texas allows you to open carry a sword.
It's not about protecting people from harm, but sin.
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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.
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Just pirate it.
I mean, the Supreme Court just legalized copying. Millions of rare and one-of-a-kind books are being bodily destroyed just so they can be scanned in, which is pretty much the same thing.
If AI companies can steal content without repercussions, why not you?
Exactly correct. Training material.
Yes, but also those poor starving artists are gonna have even smaller desks to sleep under as people unplug from anime streaming services.
The response for losing ground shouldn't be just adjusting to it...
Be sure to use unlawful AI that acts on it's own and be surprised by results.
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he did nothing wrong but i guarantee you that guy voted for texas republicans the last 20 years.
Well first of all, he's 35. So 20 years is impossible.
Second of all, he threatened to stab them.
Finally he's from Houston, which is historically blue.
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Somewhat valid, I hate having to switch between 8 different vpn tunnels to access a reddit thread
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“faces one third-degree felony count of terroristic threat against a public servant“
Did he break an actual law? It’s a rant yes, but a terrorist threat? I’d say no.
The second sentence from the last sounds like terroristic threats.
Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer.
Edit: typo
Ah yes. I missed the word stab. I was focusing on the swear words. Still think terrorism is a stretch though
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Is every threat, no matter how plausible, considered terrorism, now?
Pretty much. The state has a monopoly on violence. They can threaten you, and use force, as much as they want. If you do the same, and they don't like it, that's terrorism.
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That censoring of his voicemail transcript in text is art.
He is right
People are more than in the right for such behavior.
Who are you to do something like this (the blocking) to someone??
we need a copy of the actual recording
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