[1A] The Free Speech Thread

[KLB]

The hecklers veto does not apply.

Should public universities have to spend thousands of dollars for extra security to protect a controversial speaker?

Should municipalities have to spend thousands of dollars for extra security to protect a controversial speaker?

Should the KKK or Ann Coulter be responsible for this cost?

Possibly the Young Republicans that invited Milo?

Or, should there be a blanket suppression, not of speech, but arrest and prosecution for violence and vandalism?

And who foots the bill for that?

Prosecute for violence and vandalism, and fine them to cover the costs of having to do so.

 

[2A_Tom]

I absolutely agree, but it has to be known that it is going to be done with extreme prejudice.

It needs to be handled this way EVERY TIME!
[video=youtube;kKjEFFeeKv4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKjEFFeeKv4[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

FCC Shuts Down Liberty Radio, Alex Jones' Pirate Flagship Radio Station

 

[2A_Tom]

Where again was the FCC mentioned in the Constitution as one of the enumerated Federal powers?

 

[BugI02]

Dropping this here. IMO people have incorrectly identified Big Brother, apparently he emmigrated from the GDR to silicon valley in 1998

These Screenshots Show Google Shadowbans Conservative Content
These Screenshots Show How Google Shadowbans Conservative And Pro-Trump Content

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Free speech isn't easy, and Twitter's reluctant but prudent tolerance for Alex Jones shows us why - Dallas News

 

[Expat]

It is so heartwarming to see I still live in a country where everyone believes in, I may not agree with what you have to say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

 

[2A_Tom]

[FONT=&quot]A storm of well-meaning criticism soon followed Twitter's announcement. [/FONT]

Not a twit so I cannot see these unless someone posts them, but it is interesting that a lot of the well meaning stuff from the left violates my idea of tasteful discourse.

 

[actaeon277]

Free speech isn't easy, and Twitter's reluctant but prudent tolerance for Alex Jones shows us why - Dallas News

Finally. Someone defending someone's ability to speak, even if they disagree.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

ACLU: Alex Jones Social Media Bans Are 'Worrisome' | HuffPost (Archive)

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Amazon Bans Gun Book

This was the "Liberator code book: An exercise in freedom of speech"

 

[ArcadiaGP]

(Censorship) Twitter CEO to testify before House panel on September 5

 

[BugI02]

We have sold our birthright for a mess of [STRIKE]pottage[/STRIKE] cheap internet crap

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Breaking: US District Court Judge Robert S. Lasnik has ruled against the State Department regarding their settlement with Cody Wilson over 3D printed guns. He has issued a preliminary injunction.

Judge Lasnik claims that Cody Wilson's First Amendment rights are "currently abridged, but it has not been abrogated"

 

[actaeon277]

In other words, we're not restricting his speech, we're just restricting his speech.

 

[KLB]

In other words, we're not restricting his speech, we're just restricting his speech.

No, it is more like "we're restricting his speech because his speech is bad bad bad".

 

[ArcadiaGP]

CNN Announces Infowars To Be Reinstated To Facebook, Google, YouTube, And Apple

 

[KLB]

 

[BugI02]

A good read about some of the larger issues caught up in the Pozner and Heslin defamation lawsuit. It's about more than just our personal distaste for Alex

https://www.wired.com/story/alex-jones-lawsuit-will-help-redefine-free-speech/
WIN OR LOSE, THE ALEX JONES LAWSUIT WILL HELP REDEFINE FREE SPEECH

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars accounts