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6. Someone who is seriously considering....
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:24 PM
Thursday

... Offing someone does not publicly announce it on Twitter and offer to "chip in". I think it is pretty obvious that the post lacked “specificity, imminence, and likelihood of producing lawless action”.

Just FYI, the precedent that established that standard was a comment by a potential draftee during the Vietnam war period. He said that if he was drafted and given a gun, LBJ would be his first target. So you see, the first amendment gives a lot of room for expressing displeasure.

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