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Comment by jerf

5 months ago

[What was there when I posted this but has subsequently been edited away] can get you a visit from the Secret Service.

Do as you like, but I'm not joking.

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kurtoid  5 months ago

They can visit all they like, but what else can they do?

  • jerf  5 months ago

    Imprison you for up to five years and fine you: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/871

    They often don't. But it is not wise to attract their attention if you don't need to.

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/wichita-man-sentenced-pri...

    And note the end of that URL. This isn't about Trump. This is about the Secret Service.

    I'm not being funny here. I'm not being political. I'm not making normative claims here. I'm not saying whether this is great or awful or whatever. I'm not trying to score internet points. I'm telling everyone reading this, screwing around making threats to the President, regardless of who he is, is not something you should do lightly. If you want to do it, I won't stop you, but I'm a big believer in understanding what risks you are taking rather than being blindsided by them. There's plenty of people who have discovered the hard way that this was more risky than they realized and I'm trying to help treadump not be one of them, in the spirit of helpfulness, not internet points.