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

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    She also said she was going to kill every LGBT+ person and every Democrat. I really don’t think she was serious. Crazy, but not serious.

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      Honestly, I don’t care. I’m sick of death threats for a giggle. Take it as seriously as a hilarious bomb threat at an airport.

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        I’m sick of slightly-not-threats in general. I’m always amazed at people for listening to a few interactions between police and crooks and figuring out exactly what they can say and get away with while leaving the victim with no uncertainty that they’ll be targeted. It seems like a majority of the population will happily scream at someone over something small. It’s no surprise that we are seeing escalations into real death threats, regardless of intent or seriousness.

        This whole fucking handbasket seems to be in flames already.

    • NoStressyJessie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      These yahoos literally threaten our lives and then act like we are trying to feed them to lions when we say happy holidays.

      Fuck them, like literally. I wish they were half as put upon and persecuted as they think they are.

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          So, mixed signal time, while not actually advocating for rape, it is usually not about sexual attraction, but more about assertion of power and intimidation.

          So, in the hyperbolically sarcastic “literal” sense of fuck them, their looks are irrelevant.

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      I honestly can’t see why you think this.

      Someone who is willing to make a recording of threats has to be taken seriously.

      Would you feel the same and let it slide if this was directed at you and your family?

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        I didn’t say it shouldn’t be taken seriously. There’s a difference between saying someone is not being serious and saying they shouldn’t be taken seriously.

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

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              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.

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          Man, the downvotes are ridiculous. Conversation is more difficult here than reddit. Nobody here is willing to simply talk, they just want to be right.

          For the record, I get what your saying, not sure why everyone feels the need to jump down your throat.

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      I really don’t think she was serious. Crazy, but not serious.

      For a person being shot dead it makes no difference if the killer was sane or mad, sober or drunken.

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        Which, for the god knows how many times I’ve said it, is why it should still be taken seriously.

        How many more times do I have to say it?

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          People are playing by Reddit/echo chamber rules here. Anything that goes even slightly against the grain is jumped on and tried to silence.

          FTR: I heard your intent and don’t think you said anything even remotely wrong. This is a human being who needs to be held accountable, but can also at the same time still require our help, even if it’s just simple human empathy.

          Edit: but to answer your question… 5 more times should do it. :)

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      she, herself, might not be a serious threat. but one must assume that the “we” includes other people who have proven in the past to be serious.