In this case you need to draw a line by carefully looking at the what we do know for sure. Yes his estranged wife did feel threaten but, their was a disclaimer on his Facebook page that said all his songs were fictitious. That fact alone changes the context of the messages expressed. Threatening the FBI agent was stupid but, it was an artistic expression rather than just a threatening post on Facebook. That means that the court is jailing freedom of artistic expression. So in essence their ruling should be deemed unconstitutional.
Now let us compare the threats made by Anthony to the threat that Ted Nugent made against Obama that caused the secret service to pay him a visit. Ted made a direct threat to the U.S. President and the secret service felt that it was threatening enough to investigate him. Anthony made a song on his Facebook page with threatening lyrics directed toward his ex and an FBI agent. His Facebook had a disclaimer. He gets 44 months in jail and yet Ted is walking free. I make this comparison because why is it that the line is differently in these two instances?
The final point I want to make is that if we don't press against court rulings that are unconstitutional then how far can they go in taking away our freedom of speech?
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In this context "draw the line" was meant to be a legal one between free speech and threats. http://dictionary.reference.co...
In this case you need to draw a line by carefully looking at the what we do know for sure. Yes his estranged wife did feel threaten but, their was a disclaimer on his Facebook page that said all his songs were fictitious. That fact alone changes the context of the messages expressed. Threatening the FBI agent was stupid but, it was an artistic expression rather than just a threatening post on Facebook. That means that the court is jailing freedom of artistic expression. So in essence their ruling should be deemed unconstitutional. Now let us compare the threats made by Anthony to the threat that Ted Nugent made against Obama that caused the secret service to pay him a visit. Ted made a direct threat to the U.S. President and the secret service felt that it was threatening enough to investigate him. Anthony made a song on his Facebook page with threatening lyrics directed toward his ex and an FBI agent. His Facebook had a disclaimer. He gets 44 months in jail and yet Ted is walking free. I make this comparison because why is it that the line is differently in these two instances? The final point I want to make is that if we don't press against court rulings that are unconstitutional then how far can they go in taking away our freedom of speech?