This one doesn’t sound like she was serious, but it’s a look at what is to come.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    That she wasn’t actually going to do it. I think they were empty threats. But it still needs to be treated as if she was a real threat.

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      1 year ago

      Thinking this shit isn’t serious is why the US has multiple mass shootings per day

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      1 year ago

      But how do you know she wasn’t serious?

      And no, “because she threatened to kill all the gays” ain’t good enough.

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      Also worth noting… even if we knew for a fact she had no serious intend to carry out her threat - like if there was a recording before and after she hung up the phone laughing about this “prank” - threats on the lives of government officials are crimes. It can influence their behavior. There is no situation where it’s not serious, just like standing up on a plane and yelling “I have a bomb!” is a crime and serious whether a joke or not.