It is about you. You’re the one trying to get internet points by saying something popular when it clearly isn’t true.

It’s interesting how what you care about is whether what you said was popular, not whether it’s actually a rape threat.

Obviously not, you’re just escalating something rude to the level of a rape threat so that you can diminish the suffering of people who are actually threatened with rape.

It doesn’t matter what he could have done, what matters is what he did. What he did was illegal, he should be charged with that. He shouldn’t be charged for his friend getting killed by a cop. Those were actions taken by other people.

Yeah, I’ve heard of that guy. He’s one of the many reasons why the US police suck so much. But, he can only influence cops in a world where cops can’t be held legally responsible for their actions. If cops could be charged with murder / manslaughter people would avoid his course because they’d get sent to prison for following his advice.

If you’re going to pretend it’s an actual rape threat, you’re going to have to prove:

• He intended it as a threat, not as a rude joke, or a rude proposition
• He knew it would be interpreted as a threat, not a rude joke or rude proposition
• He could reasonably carry out the threat
• She reacted in a way that indicated she felt threatened, not that she thought he was just a rude jerk

Good luck with any of that. He’s a well known shitposter who makes rude jokes all the time. He almost certainly thought he was making a joke, which means it can’t be considered a threat even if she felt threatened (which she didn’t). She’s a billionaire with a security detail and a football player as a boyfriend, so his ability to carry out any threat (if it had really been a threat) is nearly nonexistent. And, all evidence is that she just ignored him, not that she felt like she was ever in danger. You’d fail on all 4 prongs of that 4-prong test.

It’s ridiculous that I’m seemingly defending an asshole like Musk, but when there are even bigger assholes out there like you, it’s what has to be done. You can’t just act like anything rude someone says is a rape threat. It’s ridiculous, and it diminishes the suffering of people who actually are threatened with rape by lumping their suffering in with people who merely have to deal with rude things online.

Yes, I can say the charges are bullshit because they’re bullshit. Felony murder in general is bullshit. Felony murder for a murder not committed by a member of the group is extra bullshit. Felony murder charges for a member of the group getting killed by the cops is ridiculous bullshit.

He didn’t say he was going to impregnate her against her will, did he? I’m disturbed that you think this has anything to do with a rape threat. It suggests a severe lack of judgement.

It’s a rape threat.

Again, you’re making a huge logical leap that I can’t follow. The fact she’s probably not interested means it’s a rape threat?

They’re not really equivalent. With RICO if you’ve committed multiple times of crimes from a certain list, and those crimes are related to an “enterprise” you can be charged with racketeering.

You’re not being charged with crimes someone else did. You’re being charged with masterminding a bunch of crimes. RICO charges are used against people at the head of an organization. Felony Murder is used against people who have the bad luck to be part of a group when someone else in the group pulls the trigger.

RICO goes after the organization in organized crime. It fills in a gap in the laws that maybe wasn’t there already, because none of the other laws went after the planning and organizing of the crimes. Felony murder seems to just exist to pile additional charges on someone who had already committed crimes that were already on the books, and make that person additionally responsible for the actions of a different person.