According to an affidavit written by a DPS special agent, Ozment allegedly called the Governorâs Office on the afternoon of July 25. DPS claims Ozment left the following voicemail (KXAN has redacted the profanity in the transcript provided by DPS):
âI donât know which one of you sons of bâ-es passed this motherfâing bill to get this damn sâ blocking my motherfâing anime, but you whole aâ motherfâers need to unpass this sâ. Yâall are fâing ridiculous with your bâ- aâes. My Google account says Iâm fâing over the age of 18, and your dumbaâ is passing these dumbaâ laws. Iâm a fâing stab every goddâ one of you bâ-es. Unlock my fâing anime.â
To those who didnât read TFA: he wasnât talking about anime like Boku no Hero Academia or Dragon Ball Z. He was talking about hentai.
The article confirms that Crunchyroll and a couple other anime streamers are available in Texas.
The guy was trying to access PornHub (or a site like it) to watch hentai, and that site simply blocks all Texans (and people from other countries and US states that have similar laws).
As for those asking if itâs illegal: the US constitution does enshrine the freedom of speech, or rather, your governmentâs inability to pass laws restricting said freedom. However, there are still exceptions. You still canât make threats to officials, or other things that can harm others.
Texas allows you to open carry a sword.
Itâs not about protecting people from harm, but sin.
Itâs not about protecting anyone, itâs about surveillance and an ability to blackmail/threaten anyone who steps out of line.
Iâm not surprised given Texasâs reputation. Big hats, big trucks, âdonât mess with Texasâ⊠yeah how about I just skip Texas entirely next time I visit the States. I hear some parts of it are nice, though, but hot isnât my thing.
Carrying a sword openly sounds awesome in theory but terrible in practice.
I have to go to Texas to complete a bucket list of mine (Visit all the national parks in the US) and Iâm trying to figure out how I can do it without spending any money there⊠Pack in my own fuel, food, supplies, stay at free campgrounds or on public land. I donât want to spend a cent in Texas when I go.
Counterpoint: Iâve heard Whataburger is worth the money. Itâs also a Texas-based business, I believe. Never tried it, myself. Not sure if I would or not.
I donât think there is a way I can prevent sending any money to someone in Texas, they have ports, they do a lot of oil refinement. Iâm trying not to spend any money in Texas. They have a significant tourism economy, and I dislike the idea of giving tourism money to a state that is famously bigoted, anti-woman, and pro-christofascist.
Gotta have sumthin to shoot at, the more outmatched the better when youâre always drunk and sweating barbecue.
I understand. The sword itself incites to violence. Guns are the same. I own a magnum revolver and the weight in your hand screams âsomeone somewhere needs fixing.â
Nobody that hasnât felt that weight can comprehend. Dumbfucks enjoy that power. It scares the shit out of me.
FYI - itâs because he specifically said that he was going to stab them. Thatâs a very real threat and actionable, most people have access to knives.
Now saying youâre going to cut their heads off with a guillotine? Thatâs protected by free speech, and youâd 100% be able to argue that in court because I guarantee you donât have a guillotine or know how to build one (hopefully, maybe you do - in that case do not say this).
Who the hell doesnât know how to build a guillotine? Itâs a knife hanging from a rope with guides on the sides. If you wanted to make a nice artsy one, you could just have one guided side.
I should have said âknow how and have the means to do soâ.
A guillotine also isnât something you can just take into a court room and start killing people with - itâs not a weapon in the traditional sense.
Thatâs still anime.
Yeah the supreme court only decided free press applies to adult porn access in the late 20th century