Not a Joke

The Pioneer Press reported today that a man has been charged with making death threats against Minnesota's lieutenant governor, Peggy Flanagan.

...Flanagan posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Aug. 27 after the shooting that killed two students and injured another 21 people [at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis]. She said her heart went out to those affected and asked people to join her in prayer.

A person commented on Flanagan’s post: “You should be genuinely shot and killed,” according to the criminal complaint filed Wednesday by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.

Flanagan made another post on X thanking police, emergency healthcare workers and clergy.

The same account commented: “Children’s blood is on your hands and soon it will be coming out of your mouth and (expletive) throat as we beat you,” the complaint said. It added that the person also wrote, “You should be strung up by the neck …”

The same day, a Minnesota trooper assigned by our Bureau of Criminal Apprehension called the phone number of the person associated with the IP address of the X account and reached a 22-year-old Illinois dufus named Caden Slader who said his violent comments were a joke.

He went on to say "he was 'pissed off and Christians got killed in Minnesota and the Lieutenant Governor was wearing a trans shirt.' (Flanagan was photographed in 2024 wearing a T-shirt that said Protect Trans Kids.)

This was his "freedom of speech" because he was "frustrated." It was a "joke."

Who taught young men like this what jokes are? I'm afraid I know the answer to that. They know these are not jokes in any sense of the word. They know they can say whatever vile thing they think of is a "joke," and that will let them get away with it because they've seen it work way too many times for men in the past.

And of course this Sladen character is clearly immersed in many other messed up ways of thinking, evidenced by the fact that he only seems to care that Christians were killed, but doesn't care that trans kids (who may also be Christians) die by suicide at greatly disproportionate rates.

My only advice to Peggy Flanagan and everyone else in government is to stop posting to X, which is a Nazi sewer that governments should not be propping up with their posts. Do you post to Truth Social? If not, why are you still posting to X? As a side benefit, it may not stop death threats, but it will likely cut down on them.