Eli is absolutely correct. The trap is sprung and you can now see the end game for first amendment principles. The fruit was too low for too long. It’s much easier to lazily claim words are violence than to have discourse about the benefits of your own ideas. Not click baity enough. The legal definition of incite used to be a word of art…
Eli is absolutely correct. The trap is sprung and you can now see the end game for first amendment principles. The fruit was too low for too long. It’s much easier to lazily claim words are violence than to have discourse about the benefits of your own ideas. Not click baity enough. The legal definition of incite used to be a word of art in the context of free speech. Apparently now everything “incites”.
I see clips of political debates from the 80’s and 90’s and wonder what happened in the interim. We’ve lost our ability to be civil, witty and funny while making serious political points. It’s now devolved into existential threats to drive voter turnout. I’m hoping the last 10-20 years is simply a test period we’ll look back upon with wonder. Somewhere the algorithms decided you only have to call the other side names and there’s no requirement to talk with the public to prove your ideas are better for the country. Better yet, we need to stop others from publicly challenging our ideas.
The authoritarians unfortunately have coaxed us to the edge of this slippery slope. One day soon me publicly chastising govt policy will be determined by the govt, the sole authority to determine that which is true or civil, to be seditious or hate speech worthy of jail time. You may say that’s hyperbole. Just wait.
It’s happening in Spain. Today. Big brother is here and his name is Pedro Sanchez and his socialist/communist coalition government which will now forever remain in power.
Eli is absolutely correct. The trap is sprung and you can now see the end game for first amendment principles. The fruit was too low for too long. It’s much easier to lazily claim words are violence than to have discourse about the benefits of your own ideas. Not click baity enough. The legal definition of incite used to be a word of art in the context of free speech. Apparently now everything “incites”.
I see clips of political debates from the 80’s and 90’s and wonder what happened in the interim. We’ve lost our ability to be civil, witty and funny while making serious political points. It’s now devolved into existential threats to drive voter turnout. I’m hoping the last 10-20 years is simply a test period we’ll look back upon with wonder. Somewhere the algorithms decided you only have to call the other side names and there’s no requirement to talk with the public to prove your ideas are better for the country. Better yet, we need to stop others from publicly challenging our ideas.
The authoritarians unfortunately have coaxed us to the edge of this slippery slope. One day soon me publicly chastising govt policy will be determined by the govt, the sole authority to determine that which is true or civil, to be seditious or hate speech worthy of jail time. You may say that’s hyperbole. Just wait.
It’s happening in Spain. Today. Big brother is here and his name is Pedro Sanchez and his socialist/communist coalition government which will now forever remain in power.