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I wonder if the title, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/eric-cantor-glendon-swift_n_1163561.html might be better? Threatening United States Government officials sounds a bit like it's the officials who are threatening! Johnhousefriday ( talk) 14:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
I think that "Threats against United States government officials" is a better title than the current one. I'd like to move this article. MDEVER802 ( talk) 22:34, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
I deleted an erroneous link that links to the Japanese Military Police instead of the DCPD or wherever. Napkin65 ( talk) 02:39, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
I move that this entire article be deleted as superfluous above and beyond the entry on [threat]. I see nothing particular special about officials of the United States that would merit such an entry, over officials of any other country, or individuals of any group.
Otherwise, shouldn't we have articles on "Threatening the government officials of _______ country" for every single country, and / or "Threatening the citizens of _______ country" for every single country, as well as the same for any particular group.
I would argue that any time any of any country's officials arrests or brings accusation against an individual, that would constitute a clear and obvious threat of imprisonment, slavery, and/or execution, and so merit entries under its own right, perhaps as stubs of [Individualist Anarchism] or [Self ownership]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.226.11.248 ( talk) 17:19, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Is there a similar law outside of USA like in Canada, UK, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, France, etc? -- Ryan ( talk) 09:42, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
Most of the sources on the matter are from after January 2015, and therefore likely got their information from Wikipedia, so to use them would be circular citation. 2600:1003:B111:30CC:C09B:A9D1:D74A:A710 ( talk) 16:06, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
The "Legislators" Section of our article is dated, and places undue weight on two relatively minor threat incidents compared to actual physical attacks on Senator Rand Paul and Representative Steve Scalise (who, among others present at a softball practice, was shot by a supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders's Presidential campaign), calls by Representative Maxine Waters for harassment of Trump administration officials and elected Republican officials, and the recent mass of threats and intimidation directed at Senator Susan Collins during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
I propose condensing our references to the Catherine Crabill and Sharron Angle incidents to convey the fact of the purported threats and any information balancing the perception that the comments were actual threats. We also need to refer to more recent calls by Maxine Waters for harassment and intimidation of Republican officials.
We probably should mention what has been described as the first physical assault on a sitting US Senator (Rand Paul} in recent history, the shootings of Rep. Scalise and Rep. Gabrielle Gifford and actual harassment and intimidation tactics directed at Senator Ted Cruz and his family, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, the doxxing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers by wikileaks, and the recent apprehension of a member of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee's staff on multiple charges of disclosing and threatening to disclose personal information on Federal legislators and their families as evidence that threats and intimidation are becoming increasingly common tools of discourse at the Federal level.
That would bring our coverage of threats aimed at and intimidation of Federal legislators and officials up-to-date and place due weight on each incident we report in our article. loupgarous 18:21, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Is there any way to remove the ambiguity of the wording "Threatening government officials of the United States"? I am sure Donald Trump is seen by many as a threatening government official. But I cannot think of a way around this at the moment. -- Hob Gadling ( talk) 09:51, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
I have not reviewed the editing page, but the section on legislators is clearly biased in only mentioning acts against Republicans, even mentioning numerous acts that are not threats at all, but mentioning off-topic subjects only when they are against Republicans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.200.221.64 ( talk) 11:07, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
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I wonder if the title, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/eric-cantor-glendon-swift_n_1163561.html might be better? Threatening United States Government officials sounds a bit like it's the officials who are threatening! Johnhousefriday ( talk) 14:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
I think that "Threats against United States government officials" is a better title than the current one. I'd like to move this article. MDEVER802 ( talk) 22:34, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
I deleted an erroneous link that links to the Japanese Military Police instead of the DCPD or wherever. Napkin65 ( talk) 02:39, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
I move that this entire article be deleted as superfluous above and beyond the entry on [threat]. I see nothing particular special about officials of the United States that would merit such an entry, over officials of any other country, or individuals of any group.
Otherwise, shouldn't we have articles on "Threatening the government officials of _______ country" for every single country, and / or "Threatening the citizens of _______ country" for every single country, as well as the same for any particular group.
I would argue that any time any of any country's officials arrests or brings accusation against an individual, that would constitute a clear and obvious threat of imprisonment, slavery, and/or execution, and so merit entries under its own right, perhaps as stubs of [Individualist Anarchism] or [Self ownership]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.226.11.248 ( talk) 17:19, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Is there a similar law outside of USA like in Canada, UK, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, France, etc? -- Ryan ( talk) 09:42, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
Most of the sources on the matter are from after January 2015, and therefore likely got their information from Wikipedia, so to use them would be circular citation. 2600:1003:B111:30CC:C09B:A9D1:D74A:A710 ( talk) 16:06, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
The "Legislators" Section of our article is dated, and places undue weight on two relatively minor threat incidents compared to actual physical attacks on Senator Rand Paul and Representative Steve Scalise (who, among others present at a softball practice, was shot by a supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders's Presidential campaign), calls by Representative Maxine Waters for harassment of Trump administration officials and elected Republican officials, and the recent mass of threats and intimidation directed at Senator Susan Collins during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
I propose condensing our references to the Catherine Crabill and Sharron Angle incidents to convey the fact of the purported threats and any information balancing the perception that the comments were actual threats. We also need to refer to more recent calls by Maxine Waters for harassment and intimidation of Republican officials.
We probably should mention what has been described as the first physical assault on a sitting US Senator (Rand Paul} in recent history, the shootings of Rep. Scalise and Rep. Gabrielle Gifford and actual harassment and intimidation tactics directed at Senator Ted Cruz and his family, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, the doxxing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers by wikileaks, and the recent apprehension of a member of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee's staff on multiple charges of disclosing and threatening to disclose personal information on Federal legislators and their families as evidence that threats and intimidation are becoming increasingly common tools of discourse at the Federal level.
That would bring our coverage of threats aimed at and intimidation of Federal legislators and officials up-to-date and place due weight on each incident we report in our article. loupgarous 18:21, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Is there any way to remove the ambiguity of the wording "Threatening government officials of the United States"? I am sure Donald Trump is seen by many as a threatening government official. But I cannot think of a way around this at the moment. -- Hob Gadling ( talk) 09:51, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
I have not reviewed the editing page, but the section on legislators is clearly biased in only mentioning acts against Republicans, even mentioning numerous acts that are not threats at all, but mentioning off-topic subjects only when they are against Republicans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.200.221.64 ( talk) 11:07, 2 October 2021 (UTC)