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IronLionZion

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29. loud female laughter is among the worst offenses

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed May 3, 2017, 09:19 AM

May 2017

If it pleases the crown, we shall skip the trial. prepare the gallows! call the executioner!

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The US Department of Justice is literally prosecuting a woman for laughing at Jeff Sessions [View all] babylonsister May 2017 OP

i thught onethatcares May 2017 #1

OMG!! and Joe Wilson goes free for yelling LIAR!! riversedge May 2017 #2

Isn't that a legal precident? SCVDem May 2017 #38

They are fascists n/t malaise May 2017 #3

And so it begins. DK504 May 2017 #31

Doesn't the DOJ have better things to do. ?? Jeff-where is your sense of humor? riversedge May 2017 #4

Our tax dollars at work, under this administration. JudyM May 2017 #34

PR nightmare for the justice dept. Freethinker65 May 2017 #5

Right. Many of them probably don't want to prosecute. elleng May 2017 #7

I doubt this charge will get far with a jury in DC. elleng May 2017 #6

Can you imagine the reactions of her cell mates WhiteTara May 2017 #8

...and they all moved away from me on the bench there, SeattleVet May 2017 #13

lol WhiteTara May 2017 #20

Is that from "Alice's Restaurant" ? nt tblue37 May 2017 #24

Yes SeattleVet May 2017 #30

Jefferson P.G.T. Beauregard Robert E. Keebler Elf Sessions III Buns_of_Fire May 2017 #9

"If I can't have your respect then I'll have your fear." lpbk2713 May 2017 #10

Well put treestar May 2017 #25

And that nails it. nt brer cat May 2017 #28

Laughing at someone is part of our 1st Amendment rights...GAAAAH iluvtennis May 2017 #11

I hear tell the laughter of a nasty woman can render a Godly man impotent!! ehrnst May 2017 #12

I call that a public service! ...nt 2naSalit May 2017 #18

If money is speech, then so is laughing. dchill May 2017 #14

I hope she wins and then sues him for malicious prosecution. nt cstanleytech May 2017 #15

Ain't no way a jury convicts. bronxiteforever May 2017 #16

Yet they are refusing to prosecute the cops who killed Alton Sterling BumRushDaShow May 2017 #17

+1 dalton99a May 2017 #26

Impeach Trump orangecrush May 2017 #19

Let the ridicule begin C_U_L8R May 2017 #21

McConnell did it to Warren ProudLib72 May 2017 #22

I don't know what it's like today, but I remember the Senate Gallery is incredibly strict fescuerescue May 2017 #23

The KGOPee Laugh Police are on the hunt for Laughers Achilleaze May 2017 #27

loud female laughter is among the worst offenses IronLionZion May 2017 #29

Another reason to support Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2017 #32

Protocol. She was supposed to yell out "You lie!" (n/t) thesquanderer May 2017 #33

That's quite a double-standard, isn't it? FiveGoodMen May 2017 #35

Updated today cannabis_flower May 2017 #36

what happens with a heaven05 May 2017 #37