The First Amendment

I protect your right not to be arrested for posting zombie jokes on Facebook.

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Oh I’m big alright, but not in the way they like 😂

This one really struck a nerve with the pro-Elon crowd 😂

Been on Twitter like 3 times this month because I just can’t work up the energy needed to battle the blue checks

Ah one of my favorite responses….

I’m really needing Bluesky to start feeding me content like this

I protect hate speech. While some hateful speech might otherwise meet the test for another exception, there is no exception to me for speech that is bigoted, racist, or hateful.

Wow one I can post that is actually from this platform lol

Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn’t Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Cr... So, yesterday we covered Elon Musk’s ridiculous censorial threat to sue Media Matters “the split second the court opens on Monday.” Of course, as we noted, you can file lawsuits 24/7. And yet, a...

Another day hiking in the wilderness but took enough of a break to write up my thoughts on Elon Musk's SLAPP suit.

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This is where I come when I can’t take any more of those replies lol

The gall of a government officials calling anyone else "anti free speech" while announcing a government investigation into protected speech.

There is no radical left-wing organization exception to me. I protect your right to report that Twitter showed you ads next to hateful content.

X filed this in federal court in Texas to avoid application of an anti-SLAPP statute. In the Fifth Circuit — including Texas — anti-SLAPP statutes do not apply in federal court even to state claims. The Ninth Circuit — where X has its principal place of business - applies anti-SLAPP statutes.
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After years of presenting shams about government censorship, this is an actual government censorship and chilling of speech through intimidation and lawfare on behalf of the richest man in America.

The press release candidly concedes that the goal is to target what it calls "radical left-wing organizations," so I guess it's undisputed that this case involves targeting people at least in part because of their perceived political associations???

I protect your right to speak about things you viewed and experienced on Twitter.

Texas v. Johnson Texas v. Johnson (1989) struck down on First Amendment grounds a flag desecration law. The has decision served as the crux of the debate about burning of the U.S. flag in protest.

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The fact that you can express yourself by burning the American flag is one of the things that makes America great.

I protect your right to burn the American flag in protest. Jailing people for doing it would violate me.

Sounds like Texas lol

I protect your right to perform in drag.

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Lawsuit Over Alec Baldwin's Publicly Labeling Woman "Insurrectionist" for Her Jan. 6 Activities Dism... Plaintiffs sued for defamation, and also for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress stemming from the comments aroused by Baldwin's posts.

I protect your right to call someone an “insurrectionist” for their activities on January 6.

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He was jailed for criticizing police. A federal court wasn't having it. The decision supports the notion that victims should be entitled to recourse when the state retaliates against people for their words. But that recourse is still not guaranteed.

I protect your right to criticize police.

https://reason.com/2023/08/11/a-louisiana-man-was-jailed-for-criticizing-police-a-federal-court-wasnt-having-it/

By the way, because the issue rarely gets litigated and even more rarely appealed, the application of the First Amendment to pretrial gag orders and speech-related conditions of release is appallingly sparse and mostly unhelpful.

“Some people get all the luck, but some gotta live.”—The Wonder Years.

Well that one day like half this site did

I protect you from the government, not from NASCAR.

I’m stuck in my ways