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Idk if it's that trivial, as a public figure with a huge following, to tell people they should punch trans women. It's kind of the definition of inciting violence.
Yeah, "trivial" was too strong, but I do think that "punch them in the balls" is obviously impractical enough as not to count as a serious suggestion, particularly coming from a comedian.
I'd be surprised if CPS took it any further and shocked if he actually got a conviction. But either way this just plays into the narrative of "woke snowflakes who can't take criticism without crying to the police", IMO. Just look at how much of a cause célèbre Lucy Connolly has become for the right, for what was objectively a much worse tweet.
Whenever someone tried to do that to me, I took it very seriously indeed, because it wasn't all that impractical. I'd go to great lengths to avoid a punch or kick to the plums.
I'd say a specific and actionable threat should be a prosecutable offence. I suppose it's questionable if Linehan's remark was specific, though it was certainly hate speech. Connolly's tweet advocating burning down a hostel containing asylum-seekers while a hostile crowd was outside, on the other hand, was both specific and actionable. There should be a custodial sentence for that.
he also harassed and doxxed an underage trans person