Is it ever appropriate to send death threats to people simply because you disagree with them?

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Yes

It's disappointing that you feel the need to ask

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You would assume common sense would prevail but in 2019 I don't even know what it means anymore.

I'm all for agreeing to disagree. Even if you get disrespectful it's distasteful but I'll just distance myself and carry on.

But I'm seriously perplexed trying to understand how people allow themselves to get so caught up in their feelings that they threaten the lives of other people.

Clearly I must be missing something right?

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4meAndyou · F

I think there are some genuinely crazy people online. I don't know if they think they can't be traced, (but they can), and making a death threat against anyone is a crime. The FBI has a cyber-harassment unit that will prosecute death threats and cyber harassment inside the United States.

I just have to add to this. Today, on the news, I watched a woman in Boston ATTACK an EMS worker because he would not allow her to enter a pizza shop to get pizza. There was a person inside having a stroke or a fit or a heart attack or something similar, and they had closed the place down so the EMT's could work.

This nutcase went after the EMS worker...started hitting him. Over pizza. The whole thing was filmed, and this woman was arrested, for assault. Over pizza.

So...if you EVER get a death threat online, make a screenprint and save it. You need proof that can't be deleted later by the sender. Send it first to the admins of the site you are on. They will usually terminate the user's account and report the incident. If the threat was credible and seemed as though it might become real, report it yourself to the FBI's cyber harassment unit.