I think a lot of people may have the impression that because the posters at AoSHQ include profanity and teh funny along with what’s often very sharp political analysis, that the site is a total free-for-all. Not so much:
I have told people, in no uncertain terms, that if a death threat is made on this site, I have no compunctions whatsoever about handing over your IP and email to the Secret Service.
… So, when you get the knock on the door, you will know I sent them, with no regret whatsoever.
You bought the ticket, enjoy the ride.
I hope that this policy is now adequately clear, after the twentieth iteration of it.
I Am Not Your Friend: People who talk this way think they’re doing so “among friends.”
Let me assure you, on this score, you are not among friends, but in fact among a government informant.
Well done. Assassination Chic wasn’t amusing when it was directed at Bush, and it’s not amusing when directed at Obama. The sixth commandment, good old fashioned morals and pesky legal details aside, may I remind everyone of the real-life consequences of such an act:
President Joe Biden
‘Nuff said.
haha, go get ‘em Ace.