Marakesh ð“…¦ on Nostr: Not a Trump simp, but there is precedent for this type of behavior by the government: ...
Not a Trump simp, but there is precedent for this type of behavior by the government:
Under the Sedition Act of 1798, a man named Luther Baldwin, while drunk in Newark, reportedly said, "I wish they'd fire the cannons through John Adams's @$*," after hearing cannon salutes for the president. Baldwin was arrested for uttering "seditious words" and convicted for defaming the president and government.
https://reason.com/2009/05/18/how-john-adams-ass-nearly-suff/
Under the Sedition Act of 1798, a man named Luther Baldwin, while drunk in Newark, reportedly said, "I wish they'd fire the cannons through John Adams's @$*," after hearing cannon salutes for the president. Baldwin was arrested for uttering "seditious words" and convicted for defaming the president and government.
https://reason.com/2009/05/18/how-john-adams-ass-nearly-suff/