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In the USA: The 1st Amendment - Yet Words have Consequences...
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20514 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Given the results of somewhat too much 'Fake News' and deadly incitement ongoing in the USA at the moment, this is a hot topic that is being exercised at this very moment... We have the beautiful ideals of: History.com: First Amendment wrote: The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the freedom of speech, religion and the press. It also protects the right to peaceful protest and to petition the government. The amendment was adopted in 1791... Wikipedia: First Amendment to the United States Constitution wrote: ... Although the First Amendment applies only to state actors, there is a common misconception that it prohibits anyone from limiting free speech, including private, non-governmental entities... BBC News Tech Tent: Did social media inspire Congress riot? wrote: It was the most violent assault on the US Capitol since the British Army set it ablaze in the war of 1814. And note: Words have consequences. Also, is not "Fake News" a cynical euphemism for propaganda?... Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20514 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
One consequence: Google suspends 'free speech' app Parler wrote: Google has suspended "free speech" social network Parler from its Play Store over its failure to remove "egregious content"... Is "free speech" still free speech when hijacked such as to destroy that very freedom? Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35207 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Unrestricted free speech is like a double edged sword (it cuts both ways) which is why we have laws here against speech that incites hatred, violence, racism and insurrection. ;-) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30758 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Winston Churchill wrote: The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer – not even here where we sedulously cultivate it even in its most repulsive form. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35207 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well Donny and his RINO's certainly don't understand it. Florida law on social media unconstitutional. Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35207 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Young Adam has the right of it. 'My party has utterly failed the American people at truth'. While Lying Donny and his Lying RINO's use the 1st as a shield to promote their lies. If these clowns get their way the U.S. will wind up being no better than China, North Korea or Russia where pure B.S. get fed to all. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35207 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well it looks like that young fake news punk, Jonesy, is finding out the hard way about his 1st Amendment rights. Jones defiant in deposition in Sandy Hook hoax lawsuit. Yet the moron is only making things harder for himself. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35207 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well now that that young punk freeloader Jonesy has found out that words do have consequences and the 1st doesn't allow you to spout baseless lies after being hit with record payout he immediately hits his brain dead supporters. Jones asked viewers for donations as nearly $1B verdict in Sandy Hook trial came down. And the result has sent a big warning to other lying far right conspiracy theorists. The far-right is in a panic after Alex Jones verdict shows they can’t lie with impunity. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20514 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
... spout baseless lies after being hit with record payout he immediately hits his brain dead supporters... Hey! That's brazenly copying Trump's copybook... Can he be chastened for plagiarism??... Whatever happened to education? Only in the USA? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30758 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Guess the right has no clue what the words "libel" and "slander" mean. Then again I don't believe they think anyone but a right wing zealot is a person. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35207 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Donny may find out what those consequences are. Appeals court asks DOJ to weigh in on whether Trump is immune in civil January 6 lawsuits. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35207 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
And Rupert deserves to learn those consequences. Why Fox News' lies about Trump's defeat probably aren't protected by the 1st Amendment After all these decades of pandering utter B.S. he certainly deserves to be sent into bankruptcy. |
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