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What would/could the US government actually do if they found out the real identities behind all the "guillotine memes" that people post online?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Not to be rude, but who cares? Authoritarian governments could send a goon squad and shoot you in the face extrajudicially. Seeing they are already doing that for such severe threats to authority as being in a public space, they have no threats left to make.

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Legality matters for the “Court of Public Opinion”

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      • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Does it? When brownshits can extrajudicially shoot innocents in the face without consequence “legal” and Public opinion loses much of its meaning.

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      • reksas@sopuli.xyz ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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  • Asafum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The FBI labels you a terrorist for “anti-capitalist” sentiment as per the oh so “wonderful” NSPM 7…

    kenklippenstein.com/…/fbis-new-political-pre-crim…

    More things that make you a domestic terrorist:

    “Extreme gender beliefs” (transgender support)

    “Extreme immigration beliefs” (supporting immigration)

    … The land of freedumb for sure.

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    • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Say “Immigrants should not be put in cages”, and then the government thinks you should be put in a cage.

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      • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah, first they came for the immigrants, and I didn’t say anything because I wasn’t an immigrant… everyone knows how the poem goes, but it never really ends.

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  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Legally? Not a damn thing because it’s protected speech.

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    • BillyClark@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s possible you’d get on a “no fly” list, which could be a problem for some people.

      There are probably all sorts of ways that a corrupt government like ours can find ways to punish even perfectly innocent people.

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      • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah, if they choose to do legally questionable or outright illegal stuff that needs to be fought and defeated in court or we’re in for some grim times.

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  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    In theory it’s legal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_threat

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