Apparently it is now a felony inside of the United States to push someone.
If it was the other way around where an Indian guy told him that he should take his honky ass back to England or wherever, would it make front cover news headlines?
Does the punishment fit the crime?
That entails that for the person listening to that, ‘going back to their country’ would be bad. Why would it be bad to go back to his country of origin? Is it because the situation is worse? It seems that who thinks their country of origin is worse is the recipient of the phrase.
Think of, for example, a Monégasque (native of Monaco) in India, told to ‘go back to your country’… would anyone feel bad for that? Why would him?
I can see that felony is shouting if shouting is felony. That is very much in line with confusing actions with words. Sadly, a usual thing. “Silence is violence”
Meaningless clown show… as the saying goes: You can sue someone for anything you want.
That neither means that you will win, nor does it mean that you wont get laughed out of the courtroom.
in any state in the union, pushing someone is assault,
the other aspect is the statement, "go back to your country’’
if he had shouted that and never touched the other guy,
no problem, there is no assault, and it is a matter of free
speech… it is the assault part that got him…
and I can’t speak for other states, but in California, if you push a
senior citizen, that becomes a felony… as a senior, I appreciate
that…
Kropotkin
