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chrisknyfe  ·  4433 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Repeat after me: speech is protected in the US...

Couldn't this be construed as threatening to assassinate the president?





thenewgreen  ·  4433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

only if your president is a chair.

cliffelam  ·  4433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pffft.

Reasonable (wo)man standard.

.XC

mk  ·  4433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's very close IMHO. The chair obviously represents Obama, referencing the Clint Eastwood monologue, and hanging it from a tree represents lynching.

If you put a sign in your yard that read "Lynch Obama", I think you might run into some trouble.

I would be surprised if the homeowner didn't get the attention of the Secret Service.

thenewgreen  ·  4433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think (and I emphasize "think") that there is a legal difference between saying I will lynch Obama and having subjective "art" that suggests as much. If you had a painting of a crown with a bullet going through it, would it mean you literally wanted to assassinate the queen? I would also submit that my example is far more literal than what is in question here.