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re: This is fricking absurd: people now being indicted for posting memes online
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:06 pm to dgnx6
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:06 pm to dgnx6
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And let me restate that post for clarity. If he intentionally posted a meme to directly misinform a class of voters on the voting process, there should be punishment for that.
What if "he" was a corporation. Instead of a meme, what if he posted thousands of hours of misinformation spreading conspiracy theories about Russian hookers and a specific candidate, and non-specific theories about election interference. Should there be punishment for that?
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Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:12 pm to dgnx6
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The idiots that texted him the vote should never be allowed to vote again.
They could be stupid enough to text the number and still vote if they were registered and showed up to the polls on time . Nothing was stopping them from voting.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:18 pm to member12
Ignoring the stupidity of this hypothetical person, what if that voter assumed he/she had already voted based on what this meme communicated to him/her? You can say that person is too stupid to vote, but that doesn't excuse the potential illegality of the meme, nor do our voter laws even have an IQ test.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:18 pm to Prominentwon
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The memes or 4900 people believing it.
Was it Trump supporters (who I've been told are very stupid and would believe anything) that fell for this?
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:23 pm to member12
That’s just typical stupid trump voters. They deserve it.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:25 pm to The Spleen
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gnoring the stupidity of this hypothetical person, what if that voter assumed he/she had already voted based on what this meme communicated to him/her? You can say that person is too stupid to vote, but that doesn't excuse the potential illegality of the meme, nor do our voter laws even have an IQ test.
If you can't understand that slippery slope, then perhaps you don't deserve to vote either.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:26 pm to The Spleen
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what if that voter assumed he/she had already voted based on what this meme communicated to him/her?
Their interpretation of a statement doesn't change their status as a voter. They can still vote.
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doesn't excuse the potential illegality of the meme
The argument is that it violates people's right to vote. It did no such thing. They could still vote if they were legal, registered voters.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:28 pm to member12
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The argument is that it violates people's right to vote. It did no such thing. They could still vote if they were legal, registered voters.
There was a case of a guy who followed Joe Biden's advice of firing a double barreled shotgun into the air when he thought someone was on his property. He got charged for it. Is that Joe Biden's fault? I guess Joe should be charged.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:29 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
All this shite is a major overreaction. They don’t want anyone publicly questioning the legitimacy of the elections... after the other side just went four years, non-stop with accusations of a rigged election in 2016. The Deep State seems hellbent on suppressing any discussion—and evidence—of Deep State rigged elections. Anyone who isn’t disturbed by this and suspicious of this shite is either naive as frick or biased so much against Trump that they don’t care.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:30 pm to member12
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The argument is that it violates people's right to vote. It did no such thing.
No, the argument is it suppressed their vote. If they thought they had already voted because of this meme, their vote was suppressed.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:35 pm to upgrayedd
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There was a case of a guy who followed Joe Biden's advice of firing a double barreled shotgun into the air when he thought someone was on his property. He got charged for it. Is that Joe Biden's fault? I guess Joe should be charged.
You a-hole! You told me that a surgical mask would protect me from Covid! It's your fault if I die!
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:37 pm to The Spleen
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No, the argument is it suppressed their vote. If they thought they had already voted because of this meme, their vote was suppressed.
....suppressed by their own decision not to vote.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:39 pm to Centinel
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That’s just typical stupid trump voters. They deserve it.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:41 pm to The Spleen
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potential illegality of the meme
This is honestly how far we’ve fallen in this country that this is even a thing. Motherfrick...
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:41 pm to Misnomer
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Where does it stop? Are they going to come after the farkers next?
CREATIVITY IS NO LONGER ALLOWED
They killed comedy. May as well kill everything else that's amusing.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:44 pm to member12
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member12
Yes. It's completely fake komrade.
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Posting memes isn’t a crime. No one is stupid enough to fall for that anyways.
Yeah. Those silly conservative white Christian male terrorists won't get away with their treason.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:47 pm to The Spleen
Intent is the only thing that matters here.
I have yet to see any proof of intent in the indictment but I haven’t read it entirely.
Only stuff I’ve seen thus far is the accused and his buddies talking about how good he is at “making memes” and how many followers he has and how many people will see it.
Nothing about “I hope all those stupid Hillary voters do this instead, spread it everywhere as much as you can”
I have yet to see any proof of intent in the indictment but I haven’t read it entirely.
Only stuff I’ve seen thus far is the accused and his buddies talking about how good he is at “making memes” and how many followers he has and how many people will see it.
Nothing about “I hope all those stupid Hillary voters do this instead, spread it everywhere as much as you can”
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:48 pm to Tiguar
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Only stuff I’ve seen thus far is the accused and his buddies talking about how good he is at “making memes” and how many followers he has and how many people will see it.
Maybe they are pissed because they can't meme.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:50 pm to Sao
But leftist orgs do that... with no repurcussions. You had the urban league and black activist groups in the last Louisiana gubernatorial election telling people that Eddie Rispone and a Trump were the equivalent of David Duke And the KKk... They left door hanger pamphlets and political signs around New Orleans and Baton Rouge stating Rispone was “going to take your food stamps away” etc etc etc. Not one person behind any of that shite was held accountable for it. The media gave JBE’s campaign a pass on all that shite and outright lies stated in his campaign ads.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:50 pm to Tiguar
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Intent is the only thing that matters here.
Agreed, and I've been pretty careful to include some version of the word "intent" in most of my posts.
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