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Re:Douglass Mackey found guilty of election interference by justinzollars on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:07PM (#35396316)
A meme is not a crime.
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Re:Douglass Mackey found guilty of election interference by jackvalentine on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:29PM (#35396441)
“It’s just a joke bro” the ultimate criminal defence.

The prosecution established the defendant’s intent to reduce the turnout of black voters “ For example, on November 1, 2016, in or around the same time that Mackey was sending tweets suggesting the importance of limiting “black turnout,””

That’s mens rea.

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Re:Douglass Mackey found guilty of election interference by theRealMe on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:45PM (#35396538)
Something being a meme does not make it a crime, but a crime being a meme does not make it legal.
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