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Free to threaten

Will the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on threatening lyrics and rants on Facebook also include:

▪ ISIS recruiters?

▪ Unbalanced students?

▪ Ex-lovers?

▪ School bullies?

▪ Political trolls?

Will a defense of “I was kidding around” get perpetrators off the hook?

E.T. Shafer, Islamorada

This story was originally published June 2, 2015 at 9:32 PM with the headline "Free to threaten."

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