Jail Time for Offensive Facebook Postings?

The Foundry ^ | 1/5/12 | Daniel Dew

[Impala64ssa]

DAMN! They can't wait to sh*tcan the 2nd amendment, they're going right for the 1st.

[doc1019]

Freedom of speech! We don’t need no stinking freedom of speech.

[freedumb2003]

Maybe someone should tell lawmakers about “defriending.”

>>annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage, or humiliate any person<<

Jim should put a filter on to keep people from Vernon County from getting an FR account... ;)

[upchuck]

nobama is a total doofus.

Obviously, I don’t live in Vernon County, WI.

[DBrow]

I think it’s South Africa that has a system that can punish you for showing disrespect for someone else.

Are we heading there?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Love the idea but it won’t happen. Watch the stock value plummet to Zero.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Need the facebook accounts for the county officials. Why, so I can >>annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage, or humiliate any person<< of the county bureaucracy.

[billorites]

There are very few acquaintances of mine who I hold in higher regard on account of what they've posted on Facebook.

Most of my friends end up disappointing and diminishing themselves in my eyes.

Which is why I post nothing beyond, "congrats," or "happy birthday."

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

I don't know who said that, but it works for me.

[TomGuy]

with the intent to annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage, or humiliate any person

That would cover about 30% of the FR posts; 90% during election seasons.

[ThunderSleeps]

That was my thought - full on attack on the bill of rights.

[RetiredArmy]

Get used too it. This is the nannynation gone wild. This crap is going to grow and grow and grow. Eventually, if you just look at someone and make them cry, you can be arrested for making them cry. THIS IS WHAT LIBERALISM IS!!

[steve86]

You “Love the idea”??????????????????????????????????

[ansel12]

DEPUTIZE MODERATORS!!!!

I think I saw this episode on Gunsmoke.

[steve86]

"with the intent to annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage, or humiliate any person”

I shoot for 8/8 on that list but then my comments always have a “legitimate purpose" -- to drive the liberal, libertarian, or secularist poster off the Internets permanently.

[Political Junkie Too]

I think I saw this episode on Gunsmoke.

No more nailing pamphlets to the tree in the town square?

-PJ

[RIghtwardHo]

Idiocy personified.

[Norm Lenhart]

Actually yes. And every other site with a forum as well. Perhaps they would notice and vote smarter after being cyber-marooned on the net..

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Just think about it. If this law were extended to Fresno, CA then everyone on FR would be banned and go to prison! LOL

[Tanniker Smith]

A Vernon County ordinance makes it a crime to “send information to another person by electronic means with the intent to annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage, or humiliate any person.” There is an exception if the information serves a “legitimate purpose.”

Soooooo .... if I electronically watch youtube videos of Bill Maher's show (I never would, but if I did . . . )

[Lets Roll NOW]

The Eagles had a song for this. It is called “Get Over It”.