Random Thought...

There is an obvious raw measure of sentiment, based on how many people are openly saying it: the more popular an action, the more people will call for it.

There's also a threshold here, where, if the thing is illegal, perhaps even calling for a crime or condoning it, there is a limit to how many people can be saying it before systems in place (moderation, regulators, police, etc) can no longer take effective action. This would not only mean enough people could call for a technically illegal act, but that anyone looking to do said act would have the cover of a lot of other people talking about it.

Take the #UnitedHealthcare #CEO #shooting, and how so many people sympathized with, and even condoned the illegal action, it became impossible for moderators to enforce it on Social Media (if we cared) but for #government actors to act.

I wonder what other illegal #activism we will see this with over the next few years, in this uncharted political territory...

#politics #USPol #FreeSpeech