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A comment on Zuckerberg's Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Protest Day. Parent comment

Re:Zuckerberg's Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Pr... by _heimdall on Sunday October 18, 2026 @07:58AM (#50140305)
> In the same way a pebble can't harm you, but it can be holding back a rockslide that can cause mass damage.

That analogy doesn't hold. For one thing a pebble can in fact hurt you by itself. For another, the words still wouldn't be what harmed you, the actions people took later are what harmed you and those are what would be illegal.

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Re:Zuckerberg's Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Pr... by VectorLock on Monday October 19, 2026 @10:41AM (#50153077)
The fear and anxiety caused by threats issued by those with the capability and proclivity for violence against those with no defense against it is the injury.
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