Revealing, and emotionally satisfying, the way he dismissed these two oath-breaking machine cogs, but I’m not inclined to emulate it.
Category: First Amendment
Citizenship Malpractice
Gun Controlling Brazil’s Ban on X and Free Speech Not Only Predictable but Inevitable
Freedom is interconnected. If a government is not afraid to take your guns, why would it hesitate to suppress your speech? [More]
Who do these people think they are? Democrats?
Forbidden Words Update
The last version made me afraid to shave my beard.
It’s Not Like They Had to Twist His Arm
Mark Zuckerberg admits Biden administration ‘pressured’ Facebook to censor Americans [More]
And he went along with it, just like a punk. The rest of the time they do it just to be d!cks.
[Via Michael G]
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
City councilor’s call for downtown events to be canceled draws pushback from colleagues, Mayor Wu [More]
Let those who can’t be trusted without a custodian set the bar for allowable public gatherings… while those who can’t protect you won’t allow you to protect yourself.
And keep voting Democrat!
[Via Edmund M]
The Will of the People
Majority Says First Amendment ‘Goes Too Far,’ According to Poll [More]
The majority demanded a golden calf.
A Meme is Born
@gunpolicy told the Governor of Maine “fuck you”. The Governor of Maine reported it to the State Police. (No crime was committed, as an F-Bomb is squarely within the bounds of the First Amendment.) [More]
This calls for a Streisand Effect!
A Temporary Disparity
Why does the Court lower the bar for the First Amendment, but not the Second Amendment? Why does free speech require “breathing room” but self-defense does not? [More]
They’re working on “fixing” that.
[Via Michael G]
Freedom is Slavery
On a Need to Know Basis
You Gotta Do More Than Point Fingers
MolochCare You Can Trust
Massachusetts has launched a taxpayer funded campaign costing $1 million to attack pregnancy centers. Or, as the officials call them, anti-abortion clinics. The billboard says, “Get care you can trust.” The link? A government website. [More]
How is the state attacking centers offering faith-based counseling not a First Amendment violation?
[Via Michael G]
As Much Respect for the First as the Second
Liam asserted that the school’s actions in May 2023 violated his First Amendment right to freedom of expression, particularly as a form of “viewpoint discrimination.” Although his speech was censored, the speech of those expressing a different perspective on the same issue was not. [More]
You’re gonna suck it and like it.
Funny, how many rainbows I see…
[Via Michael G]
Siding with the Enemy
The Court ruled 6-3 that the plaintiffs, a group of conservative states and social media users, had no standing to sue the federal government over its attempts to influence the censorship policies of social media giants. Justice Amy Coney Barrett authored the opinion of the court, but Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented. [More]
Is it unfair to wonder whose got what on turncoat “conservatives”?
The Sacred and the Profane
Keeping It Real
As the lines between reality and fantasy continue to blur in various forms of media, the gaming industry must navigate these complexities with care. It’s not about censoring creative ideas but about understanding and communicating the distinctions between entertainment and reality clearly and responsibly. [More]
Don’t tell us.
Tell Nick’s fellow woke Democrats.
[Via Michael G]
Censorship by Proxy
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is seeking answers on whether YouTube changed some of its content moderation policies surrounding firearms due to the influence of government officials, particularly New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D). [More]
What’s he prepared to do if they tell him to go jump in the lake?
[Via Jess]
Lowering the Bar
Sign of the Times
NY legislature passes bill requiring posted warning in gun stores [More]
“We need to revolutionize the way we look at guns, like what we did with cigarettes … It used to be that smoking was a glamour symbol—cool, sexy, macho. Now it is dirty, deadly—and banned.”
Is there anything in the law that prohibits posting this right next to it?
[Via bondmen]