• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      Threats are a crime, but they’re a different crime than the act itself.

      Everyone piling on understands that it’s kinda fuckin’ important to distinguish this crime, specifically, because it’s the worst thing imaginable. They just also want to use the same word for shit that did not happen. Both things can be super fucking illegal - but they will never be the same thing.