we don&#x27;t jail people for being &quot;slightly sociopathic&quot; &quot;assholes&quot;, we jail them for breaking the law. Attempting to construe someone&#x27;s unrelated speech, even as sociopathic as it may come off, as justification for jailing them (remember, for <i>securities fraud</i>) is terribly dishonest and a very dangerous slippery slope.<p>Also, by the way, threatening speech is technically protected under the first amendment [1]. Dunno why you brought up the government&#x2F;public opinion topic.<p>Here&#x27;s a lawyer, something I am not, on the matter, although I think we&#x27;re devolving from my initial point:
[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;09&#x2F;19&#x2F;three-generations-of-a-hackneyed-apologia-for-censorship-are-enough&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;09&#x2F;19&#x2F;three-generations-of-a-hackne...</a>
[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;09&#x2F;19&#x2F;three-generations-of-a-hackneyed-apologia-for-censorship-are-enough&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;09&#x2F;19&#x2F;three-generations-of-a-hackne...</a><p>To address my empathy comment, I think it&#x27;s in very poor taste to declare someone &quot;sociopathic&quot; (i.e. shades of mentally ill) if you&#x27;re not a doctor, close friend&#x2F;family member, or otherwise licensed professional. Doubly so to make such a judgement based off a small sampling of online commentary. We should all strive to be empathetic and employ a principle of charity when making such judgements, especially before we know the facts.