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What fucking hellscape are we living in? Even referencing the strategy of billion dollar insurance companies gets you arrested? I'm literally at my limit with how insane this has gotten.
She followed it by saying, "you people are next." that's the problem. The title buried the lead.
She was referencing words etched onto bullets that killed a healthcare CEO.
No shit, that's her first amendment right.
The first amendment does not mean you can say anything you like, despite what people like to make of it.
The first amendment does protect your right to predict a copycat with the same motives as the original. Which is all she did here. There is no part of her statement that actually qualifies as a threat. "I'm going to make sure you people are next" would be a threat, but that's not what she said.
It actually does a little though. As long as my words aren't used to manipulate and cause suffering I'm allowed to say it.
This woman is absolutely allowed to say this, she didn't shoot the guy so saying you're next isn't a threat. More of a warning or statement of observation. I don't think she did anything wrong and a lawyer will easily argue this one out