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SCOTUS: "You have the right to curse."

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/politics/supreme-court-first-amendment-cheerleader/index.html?ofs=fbia

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Catseye3
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      "It might be tempting to dismiss (the student's) words as unworthy of the robust First Amendment protections discussed herein. But sometimes it is necessary to protect the superfluous in order to preserve the necessary." -- Justice Stephen Breyer.

      Right on.

      ETA: I know I'm praising a man so despised by AOC. I feel really bad about that -- really, really bad. đŸ˜„

      I might even have to skip lunch, I feel so bad. That's how bad I feel.

      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        I wonder if this decision will pave the way for a closer look at so-called "hate speech."

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • LuFins DadL Offline
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          LuFins Dad
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          I kind of agree with Clarence Thomas. This was a posting about the program by a member of the program.

          It was stupid of the school to punish her. She was just hurt and lashed out, but


          The Brad

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          • JollyJ Offline
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            Jolly
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            I think they got it right.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • LuFins DadL Offline
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              LuFins Dad
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              If I go on Facebook and say **** the Cleveland Browns, I shouldn’t face repercussions from work. If I go online and say **** Jordan Kitt’s, I should expect repercussions


              The Brad

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              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                If I go on Facebook and say **** the Cleveland Browns, I shouldn’t face repercussions from work. If I go online and say **** Jordan Kitt’s, I should expect repercussions


                AxtremusA Offline
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                Axtremus
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                @lufins-dad said in SCOTUS: "You have the right to curse.":

                If I go on Facebook and say **** the Cleveland Browns, I shouldn’t face repercussions from work. If I go online and say **** Jordan Kitt’s, I should expect repercussions


                That’s the difference between “private” entities and “public” entities. Your Jordan Kitt example involves no “public” entity, no agent of the state. But the public school is a “public” entity, an agent of the state. A private entity can censor their own employees if they want (e.g., just write a non-disparaging clause into the employment agreement), but the state (and agents of the state) are restrained by the First Amendment from doing so.

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                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  If I go on Facebook and say **** the Cleveland Browns, I shouldn’t face repercussions from work. If I go online and say **** Jordan Kitt’s, I should expect repercussions


                  jon-nycJ Offline
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                  @lufins-dad said in SCOTUS: "You have the right to curse.":

                  **** Jordan Kitt’s

                  I'm tellin....

                  You were warned.

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                  • AxtremusA Axtremus

                    @lufins-dad said in SCOTUS: "You have the right to curse.":

                    If I go on Facebook and say **** the Cleveland Browns, I shouldn’t face repercussions from work. If I go online and say **** Jordan Kitt’s, I should expect repercussions


                    That’s the difference between “private” entities and “public” entities. Your Jordan Kitt example involves no “public” entity, no agent of the state. But the public school is a “public” entity, an agent of the state. A private entity can censor their own employees if they want (e.g., just write a non-disparaging clause into the employment agreement), but the state (and agents of the state) are restrained by the First Amendment from doing so.

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                    @axtremus said in SCOTUS: "You have the right to curse.":

                    If I go on Facebook and say **** the Cleveland Browns, I shouldn’t face repercussions

                    You sure won't from Mik! 😀

                    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      Gedouddahere. I was a Browns fan before there was a Bengals.

                      So **** the Steelers.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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