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Thought crime is real in the US. I think we all make concessions not to say things in emails, text messages and on the phone so we don't set off invisible tripwires the government has set. We do it almost unknowingly.

The statement this guy said is different. It's not sarcastic, it's ultra-violent and distressing. He's either a person completely devoid of morals and decency, mentally ill, or so angry he can't control what he thinks and says.

He needs to fully account for what he said/threatened.




Or maybe he just has a weird sense of humor? In fact what he said was entirely normal, given the right tone. We hear it all the time in normal speech:

"Man, you're crazy."

"Hah, yeah, right, I'm crazy, like I'm going to shoot up a school or something!"


English is not my first language, but even for me, it is crystal clear that he was sarcastic.


English is my first language, and I write for a living, and it's not sarcasm.


was it a statement of intent?


Written jokes are just text. They can be stupid and bad, bad hardly violent. Holding kid in prison for several months for Facebook comment is violent




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