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So if someone quite literally takes a picture of themselves holding a gun and sends it to someone with the message that they are going to kill them at a specific time, how is that not something that should be banned? What if it's a group of people? The negative emotions (read: human suffering) caused by other humans' words is real, and when the suffering is something society understands to be a natural and common reaction, why should society not curtail that speech?



I was tempted to make a finger gun at this post and take a photo to show how ridiculous this is, but I'm afraid to (deservedly) get hammered by dang for this.




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