The Right To Be An Asshole

A local person, Troy Kelly, 19, was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, and detained on charges of threatening the President, a federal crime. He faces five years in prison.

I am a libertarian upholding people’s freedom to do as they please, so long as no others are harmed.

This also makes me a purist about free expression. Curbing it being justifiable only by harm to others (which does not include giving offense).

Regarding Troy Kelly’s case: the Times Union reports that he posted on social media “promising to ...