[postfuturist]

1. Does being a cretin or a jerk or whatever mean it is OK to be imprisoned for non-crimes?

2. He wasn't the one who started the comparisons with Aaron Swartz, from weev's tweet: "CNN is also sitting around calling me a meanie. I'm a bad troll, and no Aaron Swartz, the outraged masses cry!" Then he goes on to continue differentiate himself from Aaron, he never created or invited a positive comparison.

3. The article said he was sending messages to another person who was tweeting on his behalf. Why would he lose his right to free speech just because he has been convicted of a crime? Why wouldn't he be able to tweet (by proxy)?

EDIT s/charged/convicted/

[toki5]

>Why would he lose his right to free speech just because he has been convicted of a crime?

Inmates have restricted free speech. See here for some info om that: http://civilrights.findlaw.com/other-constitutional-rights/r...

[white_devil]

> Inmates have restricted free speech.

In other words, they don't have free speech?

[rhizome]

We all have restricted free speech. Some more than others.

[damoncali]

Why would he lose his right to free speech just because he has been convicted of a crime?

It's only one of many rights lost. Due process and all.

[driverdan]

In the USA the moment you're convicted of a federal crime your rights go right out the window, some of them permanently. In some states you lose the right to vote. You lose all 2nd amendment rights (the right to bare arms) for life unless pardoned by the president no matter what the crime was.