I also have spent 6 months in a USA jail for what ultimately resulted in my pleading to a misdemeanor, and never was a crime. My world view is likely a lot different than yours, and the white vans do exist. They are here RIGHT NOW.
The comment was that white vans would take them away for posting something sarcastic online
When you build the infrastructure for squads of goons to kidnap people, then pour gasoline on the fire by massively increasing their funding, suddenly, a whole lot more people become “deportable.”
In my state there is no intent required, so if a word can have multiple meanings in different contexts, the government gets to decide how you intended to use that word and what meaning you meant. So sorry, you're so wrong. There isn't much difference from what i said to this very annoying cop, and what a lot of people say online. Also, this never would have happened if I had said it to a regular person and not a cop.
edit: So yes, I literally was jailed and forced to admit to a hate speech crime (alford plea) because of something I said to a cop. And you think this is all in my head??
By "my state" do you mean one of the United States of America? Or are you speaking of somwhere outside the USA?
What do you think happens in the Dominican Republic if you call a cop that? It says more about you and the US that you thought you’d get away with it. I doubt there is any country in the world where personally offending a cop like that might not result in the cop abusing their power over you.
"Get away" with free speech against a police state? Are you serious?
Not quite the same thing as just saying something online, although the US has now developed special police for that. From the part of ""free speech"".