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steve2470

(37,457 posts)

18. as long as you don't type an actual bodily threat against POTUS....

Reply to angstlessk (Original post)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 10:47 PM

Aug 2017

or encourage a violent rebellion against the Federal government.... you're safe. Everything else is covered under the First Amendment, and besides, the NSA and FBI have much bigger fish to fry than lil ol DU I know Skinner would fight them tooth and nail if they came knocking, unless they had a valid court order for a particular user.

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Oh shit! when will the justice department demand all of DU's users? [View all] angstlessk Aug 2017 OP

I don't hide may identity and I'm not afraid of anything I post... brooklynite Aug 2017 #1

Oh, you post anti trump trope...just saying he's not a god angstlessk Aug 2017 #2

...based on what legal provision? brooklynite Aug 2017 #15

'They' already know who we are and can easily locate people online who make threats or break laws. Sunlei Aug 2017 #3

I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it. n/t NanceGreggs Aug 2017 #4

lol good one! JNelson6563 Aug 2017 #5

true... SWBTATTReg Aug 2017 #8

Oh hell, I've called Trump worse on Twitter than anything I've ever said here. leftofcool Aug 2017 #6

on a frigid day in hell ... n/t dweller Aug 2017 #7

Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #9

Perhaps you would be happier elsewhere, 33taw, if you think security is lame and the site looks... Hekate Aug 2017 #10

There's too fucking many of us world wide wally Aug 2017 #11

fuck putin...... stonecutter357 Aug 2017 #12

It is against DU's ToS to post threats against any public figure Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #13

Fuck em yuiyoshida Aug 2017 #14

Perhaps DU can contribute to the EFF and put up their seal. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #16

Who knows who clicked that link? angstlessk Aug 2017 #19

Not worried for obvious reasons but also, Skinner/EarlG/Elad have good lawyers stevenleser Aug 2017 #17

as long as you don't type an actual bodily threat against POTUS.... steve2470 Aug 2017 #18