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According to an affidavit written by a DPS special agent, Ozment allegedly called the Governor’s Office on the afternoon of July 25. DPS claims Ozment left the following voicemail (KXAN has redacted the profanity in the transcript provided by DPS):

“I don’t know which one of you sons of b—-es passed this motherf—ing bill to get this damn s— blocking my motherf—ing anime, but you whole a– motherf—ers need to unpass this s—. Y’all are f—ing ridiculous with your b—- a–es. My Google account says I’m f—ing over the age of 18, and your dumba– is passing these dumba– laws. I’m a f—ing stab every godd— one of you b—-es. Unlock my f—ing anime.”

  • jdr@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1202·
    21 days ago

    Uncensored, not for the faint of heart;

    "I don’t know which one of you sons of buttermilk passed this mother-flapjacking bill to get this dang snickerdoodle blocking my mother-flapjacking anime, but you whole entire fudgemuffins need to unpass this snickerdoodle. Y’all are frickle-fracking ridiculous with your buttermilk gravy-boats. My Google account says I’m frickle-fracking over the age of 18, and your dumb-bumpkin is passing these dumb-bumpkin laws. I’m a frickle-fracking stab every gosh-diddly one of you buttermilks. Unlock my frickle-fracking anime.

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
    116·
    21 days ago

    Those who would give up essential anime to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither anime nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin, probably.

    • esc@piefed.socialEnglish
      27·
      22 days ago

      Yeah, you need to first damage them, then threat of additional damage to them and their immediate families will work.

      • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        21 days ago

        He’s apparently under 40 and capable of navigating the Internet. Very strange that he wouldn’t at least bother to look it up online or something. Presumably he had to find the phone number he called so he seems capable of finding information. It really isn’t that hard to set up a free VPN if you’re literate and have Internet access. I’m someone who regularly defends people not using Linux because it’s confusing for them, so I feel like I’m not being overly demanding here or anything. I’m pretty sure Firefox has a free one built in now. So, it might’ve been as easy as downloading Firefox and clicking a button. I’m not sure because I don’t use Firefox like that, but still.

    • PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.auEnglish
      92·
      22 days ago

      These privileged assholes who think getting things through official channels will work and is the best solution if only they just scream about their feelings (which they inform me facts don’t care about) loud enough.

      • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
        10·
        21 days ago

        I bet he’s a straight-line Republican voter, too. And just cannot comprehend how the policies he voted for could ever affect him – it was only supposed to hurt other people!

  • celeste@kbin.earth
    45·
    21 days ago

    Goddamn, the bleeps make that annoying to read. My best guess:

    “I don’t know which one of you sons of bitches passed this motherfucking bill to get this damn shit blocking my motherfucking anime, but you whole ass motherfuckers need to unpass this shit. Y’all are fucking ridiculous with your bitch-asses. My Google account says I’m fucking over the age of 18, and your dumbass is passing these dumbass laws. I’m a fucking stab every goddamn one of you bitches. Unlock my fucking anime.”

    Not sure that the first “s–”= shit, but, whatever.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    422·
    21 days ago

    To those who didn’t read TFA: he wasn’t talking about anime like Boku no Hero Academia or Dragon Ball Z. He was talking about hentai.

    The article confirms that Crunchyroll and a couple other anime streamers are available in Texas.

    The guy was trying to access PornHub (or a site like it) to watch hentai, and that site simply blocks all Texans (and people from other countries and US states that have similar laws).

    As for those asking if it’s illegal: the US constitution does enshrine the freedom of speech, or rather, your government’s inability to pass laws restricting said freedom. However, there are still exceptions. You still can’t make threats to officials, or other things that can harm others.

      • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
        6·
        21 days ago

        It’s not about protecting anyone, it’s about surveillance and an ability to blackmail/threaten anyone who steps out of line.

      • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        21 days ago

        I’m not surprised given Texas’s reputation. Big hats, big trucks, “don’t mess with Texas”
 yeah how about I just skip Texas entirely next time I visit the States. I hear some parts of it are nice, though, but hot isn’t my thing.

        Carrying a sword openly sounds awesome in theory but terrible in practice.

        • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          20 days ago

          I have to go to Texas to complete a bucket list of mine (Visit all the national parks in the US) and I’m trying to figure out how I can do it without spending any money there
 Pack in my own fuel, food, supplies, stay at free campgrounds or on public land. I don’t want to spend a cent in Texas when I go.

          • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            19 days ago

            Counterpoint: I’ve heard Whataburger is worth the money. It’s also a Texas-based business, I believe. Never tried it, myself. Not sure if I would or not.

            • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              19 days ago

              I don’t think there is a way I can prevent sending any money to someone in Texas, they have ports, they do a lot of oil refinement. I’m trying not to spend any money in Texas. They have a significant tourism economy, and I dislike the idea of giving tourism money to a state that is famously bigoted, anti-woman, and pro-christofascist.

    • Jax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      21 days ago

      FYI - it’s because he specifically said that he was going to stab them. That’s a very real threat and actionable, most people have access to knives.

      Now saying you’re going to cut their heads off with a guillotine? That’s protected by free speech, and you’d 100% be able to argue that in court because I guarantee you don’t have a guillotine or know how to build one (hopefully, maybe you do - in that case do not say this).

      • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        20 days ago

        Who the hell doesn’t know how to build a guillotine? It’s a knife hanging from a rope with guides on the sides. If you wanted to make a nice artsy one, you could just have one guided side.

        • Jax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          13·
          20 days ago

          I should have said ‘know how and have the means to do so’.

          A guillotine also isn’t something you can just take into a court room and start killing people with - it’s not a weapon in the traditional sense.

  • rekabis@programming.devEnglish
    261·
    21 days ago

    Just pirate it.

    I mean, the Supreme Court just legalized copying. Millions of rare and one-of-a-kind books are being bodily destroyed just so they can be scanned in, which is pretty much the same thing.

    If AI companies can steal content without repercussions, why not you?

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      21 days ago

      I for one have been training a neural network using pirated content for years. It’s an in credibly efficient large language model that runs off very little power and fits comfortably in the space between my ears.

    • vane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      Be sure to use unlawful AI that acts on it’s own and be surprised by results.

    • nullspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      Yes, but also those poor starving artists are gonna have even smaller desks to sleep under as people unplug from anime streaming services.

  • Cherry@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    22 days ago

    “faces one third-degree felony count of terroristic threat against a public servant“

    Did he break an actual law? It’s a rant yes, but a terrorist threat? I’d say no.

  • hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.appEnglish
    181·
    22 days ago

    He is right

    People are more than in the right for such behavior.

    Who are you to do something like this (the blocking) to someone??

    • SippyCup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      21 days ago

      Well first of all, he’s 35. So 20 years is impossible.

      Second of all, he threatened to stab them.

      Finally he’s from Houston, which is historically blue.

    • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      718·
      21 days ago

      As if democrats weren’t doing the same thing. It’s a uniparty. The difference is the same as pokĂ©mon red and blue, you get to choose the color of the package and which monster you get.

      • jdr@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        21 days ago

        But the Democrats are obviously better; they have Meowth and so can’t get softlocked by running out of money.

  • sompreno@lemmy.zipEnglish
    13·
    21 days ago

    Somewhat valid, I hate having to switch between 8 different vpn tunnels to access a reddit thread