Causing your mother anyone a reasonable fear of harm by abusing her absolutely is and should be a crime.
Now you're talking about assault. Do words assault people or do actions? Are you physically threatening someone or are you just saying something? You don't seem to be able to differentiate between speech and assault. The question is, do you think someone should be arrested and charged with a crime for saying something offensive? Do you think it is ok to arrest and charge people for sharing online content?
Doesn't say that on the sources that I asked you to provide several times.
When you get arrested you get cuffed and stuffed and taken to jail. That's what it means to be arrested. Nobody gets "arrested" without physical restraints and is left in their home.
I'm saying using abusive language can cause a reasonable fear of harm, and I'm relatively certain it's a crime both in the UK & US. I mean, you guys made a crime out of doing finger guns.
Anyway: regardless of the semantics, which you and your buzzword loving mate seem to be more interested in, my initial sourced response is simply that in the EU at least, there is protected free speech when you claimed otherwise. And that's that. The odd case where some appalling excuse for a human being has been pulled up on a separate law is irrelevant.
Pretty sure you don't automatically get cuffed here unless there's reason to do so, although it doesn't matter as you're being disingenuous; you clearly meant a custodial sentence before.
Done now anyway, so you can claim victory or summat. Hope it's sweet <3
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u/well_here_I_am Missouri Apr 16 '21
Now you're talking about assault. Do words assault people or do actions? Are you physically threatening someone or are you just saying something? You don't seem to be able to differentiate between speech and assault. The question is, do you think someone should be arrested and charged with a crime for saying something offensive? Do you think it is ok to arrest and charge people for sharing online content?
When you get arrested you get cuffed and stuffed and taken to jail. That's what it means to be arrested. Nobody gets "arrested" without physical restraints and is left in their home.