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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by skulk on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:03PM (#25675608)
It's a good thing our court system in the US doesn't play these games with semantics and instead tries to understand intent. You can use however many layers of coded language you want, but your intent still exists.

This goes the other way too, with obviously satirical hashtags.

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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by NE2z2T9qi on Friday January 08, 2021 @12:17PM (#25686992)
Yeah, what could go wrong with courts analyzing for subtext and divining intent of free speech to see if secret crimes were being committed? I continue to be stunned by how utterly naive and blasé people are about freedom of expression.
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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by skulk on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:54PM (#25690359)
> secret crime

Sorry, I forgot 18 U.S. Code § 2383 hasn't been declassified yet. [/snark]

It's not clear at all what your point is. Are you a freedom of speech absolutist? Do you not believe in due process?

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