Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/18/trump-is-the-lorax-who-speaks.html
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I once met a man who’d been partially lobotomized, and it was the spookiest conversation I’d ever had.
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Sorry, President Shitheel, this isn’t Russia. Take your plans for compelled political speech and shove it up your orange ass.
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Seems like a problem. One side argues for the extermination of human vermin; the other side wants healthcare for all. Why is censorship applied so unfairly?
EDIT: I will point out, in case it is unclear, that the very fine people at Fox have pointed out repeatedly that universal healthcare is exactly the same as the Holocaust.
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Maybe someone who knows a bit about constitutional law can chime in on this. From my understanding yelling fire in a crowded theater when there is no fire is not covered free speech. Wouldn’t the things Alex Jones champions and pushes like pizzagate not be covered by the first amendment?
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Not only is defamation (i.e. these families are “crisis actors”) not protected speech, but even if it was constitutionally protected Twitter still wouldn’t have any legal obligation to allow it on their privately owned platform.
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4 posts were split to a new topic: Life with a lobotomized clown roommate
Off-topic for this thread.
Citation needed? Not because I’m arguing with you, but because that’s so batshit crazy I need to watch and laugh-cry.
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Luckily for the racists, Jack is on their side.
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Yes, even Alex Jones just gave him a shout-out for being such a great ally. Jack must be so proud.
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Time to hail this out again…
But y’know, I’m in Canada so we actually have reasonableness requirements:
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That is worth its own post. – Thanks
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FWIW that was before the oh-so-draconian one-week timeout, so Jones may have soured on him in the last couple of days.
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Ah,just looked at the date. Thanks.
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I don’t think Faux News readers are allowed to use the word “genocide”, their viewership finds it too judgey.
On the other hand, Hannity and Co. did go out of their way to give the impression that the ACA was nothing more than a liberal plot to put your medical history in front of a death panel.
Here’s a sampling of the stupid from Gruppenführer Hannity:
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2013/07/30/return-obamacare-death-panels.html
Edited for spelling.
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That’s what I thought. Now the question is why isn’t it being called out in the media?
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Defamation is not covered by the 1st Amendment, its a civil tort. But you can’t defame a dead person. Calling the families and surviving victims “crisis actors” however is not protected. It is libel (since its published/broadcast). There is no obligation to broadcast or print any of that.
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