Your body, my choice to hit it with a baseball bat.
Tabitha Brubaker has been charged felony assault and marijuana possession
Boooo, fuck off with the weed charge on there too
He pressed charges over that? I hurt myself worse at work and walk it off. That guy’s a bitch.
This may have been sole reason to do that, so of course he did
Grasping at any straw to play the victim.
There was once a time when “Fighting Words” were a viable defense in cases like these, and that sign certainly qualifies as fighting words.
It’s ridiculous that it’s not a viable defense now. They’ve empowered bullies from childhood onwards.
Because the state has a monopoly on violence.
You are not allowed to do violence yourself, you must petition the government to do violence for you. And the government will decide how and when it is appropriate to do violence on your behalf.
So, for example, a white nationalist Nazi saying all women deserve to be raped is not a justifiable reason to do violence.
But a brown person living peacefully where oil is IS reason to do violence. Ok?
A group of people demanding that all LGBTQ+ people be sterilized or executed, no reason to do violence.
Those people defending themselves, now we need to do violence. Got it?
I was trying to not be angry
This is why it’s also perfectly legal to stand in front of a health insurance company headquarters with signs advocating for further CEO shootings.
I’m not going to try that, since that woman was arrested for talking to a health fund employee in a way that reminded them of the shooting
No see because that hurts money’s feelings.
So that’s gonna get some violence.
Society would be so much better if people exercised their grievances with vigilante violence, amirite?
I assume you are right, but has anyone actually tried it?
*goes to check wikipedia*
In Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), even speech such as “Bury the removeds” and “Send the Jews back to Israel,” was held to be protected speech under the First Amendment in a per curiam decision.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words
Oh. I guess I was right to assume that you were right in saying that it’s not a viable defense to things like that. Ugh. Depressing. I was so hoping to be wrong in assuming you’re right.
I imagine the jury would have a large say in the outcome, but then again the average American isn’t very smart :/
thems be fightin’ words
I mean, strutting around with his cranium exposed like that, it was only a matter of time.
That is absolutely horrific, disgusting and vile. Has anyone checked if the bat is ok?
He’s still standing in the picture, we should let her try again
I guess we could all have a turn at the human piñata.
Grass grows, birds fly, and brother? I BONK people
“I shouldn’t have stuck around” he said…
Captain obvious right there
I literally said “FUCK YES” out loud when I read this.
I mean, if anyone deserves to be raped it is someone holding a sign threatening rape
Where’s the damn video? Aluminum or a Louisville Slugger? Hopefully she’s a softball player.
There’s a video in this article of the moment, tho you can’t see her hit him. He’s holding the camera and she walks up behind him and clocks him. From the sound of it, the bat was aluminum
I sure hope her bat didn’t get dented, it can be a real pain to find one that swings just right.
clunk
I think she used the baseball bat incorrectly in this particular situation. Opportunity missed!
Ya head’s a freakin’ bat magnet!
He had it coming. I’d even say he doesn’t deserve to be raped, just because it’s such a terrible act.
But I’m all for the assault in this situation. As I said, he was asking for it.
NOOOOO, IT SHOULD’VE BEEN ME.
