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Would you support internment camps for those Advocating Domestic Terrorism?

Would you support internment camps for those Advocating Domestic Terrorism?

  • Yes

    Votes: 2 20.0%

  • No, but they should be punished

    Votes: 5 50.0%

  • No, it is wrong but warrants no punishment

    Votes: 2 20.0%

  • No, it is ok for them to do

    Votes: 1 10.0%

  • We should intern everyone that FAILS to advocate for the assassination of Trump..

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    10
Orly?

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You know, those those threatening to kill and advocating to kill our governmental employees such as the POTUS elect, EC delegates, and such...

Yep, that includes death threats against hillary, obama, and their likes too..

Should they face punishment at all? Or is it just OK to say "kill XXXX" such as obama or Trump at will online with no repercussions?
 
Why do internment camps have to factor into this?

People who make death threats are ****ing idiots and on the whole, the vast majority aren't credible threats.

But people who make threats, of which there is credible evidence they plan to carry out their threats, should be investigated and charged if conspiracy to commit murder can be proved.

What you're talking about, as usual is nonsense.
 
Orly? said:
You know, those those threatening to kill and advocating to kill our governmental employees such as the POTUS elect, EC delegates, and such...

Yep, that includes death threats against hillary, obama, and their likes too..

Should they face punishment at all? Or is it just OK to say "kill XXXX" such as obama or Trump at will online with no repercussions?
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No. We have courts and jails for a reason. If someone breaks the law, arrest them, and give them their day in court, and if you can demonstrate their guilt, you can put them into jail.
 
Jetboogieman said:
People who make death threats are ****ing idiots and on the whole, the vast majority aren't credible threats.
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Why no punishment unless they are "credible"?
 
Ikari said:
No. We have courts and jails for a reason. If someone breaks the law, arrest them, and give them their day in court, and if you can demonstrate their guilt, you can put them into jail.
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Why isn't this happening then?
 
Orly? said:
Why no punishment unless they are "credible"?
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The sheer amount of threats presidents get, they can't all be prosecuted and the vast majority are not credible threats, they're just pissed off morons.
 
Orly? said:
Why isn't this happening then?
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What do you mean? You can't threaten the President, that's illegal. People have been arrested for this. I guess maybe if some random dude on the internet said something like "we should kill Obama", that may not result in an arrest or something. But if it's higher visibility, or there is any indication it being legitimate, that's all going to change.
 
Jetboogieman said:
The sheer amount of threats presidents get, they can't all be prosecuted and the vast majority are not credible threats, they're just pissed off morons.
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They can easily be prosecuted.. The evidence is rock solid..

They at least could all be fined heavily, great plan..
 
Ikari said:
What do you mean? You can't threaten the President, that's illegal. People have been arrested for this. I guess maybe if some random dude on the internet said something like "we should kill Obama", that may not result in an arrest or something. But if it's higher visibility, or there is any indication it being legitimate, that's all going to change.
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So maybe .1% are seeing repercussions.. What about the other 99.9%?
 
JANFU said:
A little thing called evidence?
Rule of law?
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The evidence and law are there.. It is not being enforced, or being enforced extremely weekly/selectively..
 
Jetboogieman said:
Why do internment camps have to factor into this?

People who make death threats are ****ing idiots and on the whole, the vast majority aren't credible threats.

But people who make threats, of which there is credible evidence they plan to carry out their threats, should be investigated and charged if conspiracy to commit murder can be proved.

What you're talking about, as usual is nonsense.
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I don't believe that you're trying to rationalize such a question.
 
Threats are already illegal.

In my opinion Liberals have done a good job attacking Free Speech. I am not sure Conservatives should attack Free Speech as well.
 
Jetboogieman said:
But people who make threats, of which there is credible evidence they plan to carry out their threats, should be investigated and charged if conspiracy to commit murder can be proved.
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Definitely. If a rap artist makes a song about attacking "cops", it is not a credible threat.
 
Orly? said:
So maybe .1% are seeing repercussions.. What about the other 99.9%?
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Obviously, they hadn't made credible threats.

Actually, I don't know how many are "seeing repercussions", and I couldn't even guess at the statistical breakdown as you have done. Neither of us have the information to speak knowledgeably to those end. But you can't just round people up and throw them into internment camps because of it, we have due process in this country. And obviously it hasn't been a problem, the last attempted assassination was on Reagan. And I don't think Jodi Foster is that cute anymore.
 
Ikari said:
And obviously it hasn't been a problem
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So you think it's not a problem, ok..

I do..

You think they are not influencing EC voters in any way? I do.. That's a problem..
Are they not afraid for their own and families lives?
 
Orly? said:
So you think it's not a problem, ok..

I do..
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OK, but there have been no attempts since Reagan, so it's pretty much a null factor. Whatever it is that they are doing right now seems to be working.
 
Ikari said:
No. We have courts and jails for a reason. If someone breaks the law, arrest them, and give them their day in court, and if you can demonstrate their guilt, you can put them into jail.
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..and if there is credible evidence that they may carry out their threats, stop by their place of residence and inform them that they've been placed on a list of people to keep an eye on. This simple act will stop most potential terrorists.
 
faithful_servant said:
..and if there is credible evidence that they may carry out their threats, stop by their place of residence and inform them that they've been placed on a list of people to keep an eye on. This simple act will stop most potential terrorists.
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Minimum $500 fine to pay for the effort up to $10,000 or 10% of their net worth, whichever is higher...
 
They get interned on an FBI list.
 
Orly? said:
The evidence and law are there.. It is not being enforced, or being enforced extremely weekly/selectively..
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I doubt you have proof of that?
 
JANFU said:
I doubt you have proof of that?
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Threatening the President of the United States is a class E felony under United States Code Title 18, Section 871. It consists of knowingly and willfully mailing or otherwise making "any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States".

Plenty of posts of threats to go around no?
San Diego-Based CEO Resigns After Social Media Posts Threatening President-Elect Donald Trump | NBC 7 San Diego
Trump Electoral College voter says he’s getting death threats | New York Post

Donald Trump death threats - Album on Imgur


Their is your law and evidence.. Is it being enforced? No..
 
Those who threaten to kill Trump, or members of the Electoral College who will probably vote for Trump, should be punished according to the law, and the law should be stringently enforced. To be clear, I do not like Trump AT ALL. But he won the election, and the protection of the law applies to him the same as to anyone else.

Now, I cannot imagine why internment camps would be needed. I doubt there are literally hundreds of thousands or millions of people making such threats...
 
Orly? said:
Should they face punishment at all?
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I would oppose "internment camps" for such people. Not only is that an incredibly idiotic punishment, if you're suggesting that they get rounded up and placed in there without due process it's even more of a laughable notion.

If someone is found to be making a credible threat or breaking some other sort of law against individuals, such a threat should be investigated and if there's sufficient evidence that person should be tried and punished in accordance with current law.
 
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