>> Literal thought crimes.
> These are explicit acts, not thoughts, and not new offences.
> "Contempt of public official", I think they mean "outrage a agent" in French, does not mean the feeling but the act of showing 'contempt' as in insulting or threatening.
As the expression is usually used, "thought crimes" can refer to speech acts.
This may reflect a difference between American ideas of free speech and those more common in Europe. (I don't understand the variety of European views very well.) Most Americans are going to view anything that smacks of lèse majesté as a thought crime and react accordingly. And I don't think we're wrong to do so.