RE: Brad Pitts mom recieves death threats for criticising Obama.
July 11, 2012 at 12:51 pm
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2012 at 12:52 pm by Autumnlicious.)
(July 10, 2012 at 6:37 pm)Brian37 Wrote: There is a HUGE difference between being offensive and making physical threats.
Not really.
"I'm gonna kill you" said in a rage != 'I'm gonna kill you" said seriously.
Given the above, it appears that what is strictly said is equivalent. However, the method of which it is presented differs.
Even then, you cannot judge someone just because they made a threat, any more than "God exists because I say so!" has any credible evidence inlined within itself. There has to be more than that, usually in the forms of actions taken or a history of acting upon said threats (Pseudo-anonymous twitter posters aren't known for presenting a threat).
Else you're just, as usual, dictating what people can do.
And in that particular edge case, have yourself a nice steaming cup of "Go fuck yourself."
TL;DR - you need more than a simple epithet to decide that ones life is actually at threat.
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