Reply #26: Free speech doesn't come without consequences [View All]

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Jones didn't get any personally, although the unintended consequences is that people were killed.

The consequences, if you want to call it that, for the OP's "free speech" is that someone thought s/he was despondent and got the police involved.

Again, life isn't fair.

Although I imagine it would be a whole different story if the OP had been about to harm her/his self and was stopped by someone who thought she was helping.

How are people supposed to know if/when/where to help if others run around making "jokes" like that?


This could all have been avoided with a simple, "Thank you, ma'am, but I'll be fine, I'm just upset about something that happened at work".

But no...people want to be wise-asses and snip at others, then expect not to be taken seriously.