The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> writes:

> On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:17:12 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>> In article <t86m76$d86$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> On 2022-06-11 11:15 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:

>>>> In article <t824hl$g6f$1@pcls7.std.com>,
>>>> MDuPree@theworld.com.snip.to.reply (Micky DuPree) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Ramos's social media acquaintances said he openly abused
>>>>> and killed animals such as cats and would livestream the
>>>>> abuse on Yubo.[114] Other social media acquaintances said
>>>>> that he would also livestream himself on Yubo threatening
>>>>> to kidnap and rape girls who used the app, as well as
>>>>> threatening to commit a school shooting.[112] Ramos's
>>>>> account was reported to Yubo, but no action was
>>>>> taken.[112][115]"
>>>>>
>>>>> Even if "he didn't mean it," threats to commit felonies shouldn't
>>>>> be treated as protected free speech.
>>>>
>>>> So if the Court overturns Roe and some states make abortion a
>>>> felony, it would be cool if those states also prosecuted any woman
>>>> who even talked about going elsewhere to have an abortion on
>>>> Facebook?
>>>>
>>>> After all, threats to commit felonies /= protected speech, right,
>>>> DuPree?
>>>
>>> Except that if they talk about going some place where it's legal,
>>> then that wouldn't be a threat to commit a felony.
>>
>> It would be if the state makes 'conspiracy to commit an abortion' a
>> crime.
>
> I can't imagine 'commit' would be the 'operative word' except in the
> very unusual case this was done to an unwilling woman as part of an
> aggravated assault. Which seems unlikely to me to put it mildly....

Allow me to amend to "commit a violent felony," since one of the
remarkable hallmarks of mass shooters is "leaking" the information that
they are serious about doing it in advance of actually doing it.

Now, mind you, it's clear where the overturning of _Roe_ is headed.