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marble falls

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3. It's a delicate balance between speech without prior restaint and laws that limit certain speech ...

Reply to Spazito (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 14, 2023, 04:09 PM

Jun 2023

... I want recourse but short of chilling free speech it is a delicate thing.

Reminds me of what a certain fascist with an accent once said, 'One of the beauties of Fascism is it requires the application of fascist tecniques to defeat it.' I think I paraphrased it accurately.

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LGBTQ rights group argues Fox News shouldn't air in Canada [View all] Spazito Jun 2023 OP

I get the argument. marble falls Jun 2023 #1

The CRTC (Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission)... Spazito Jun 2023 #2

It's a delicate balance between speech without prior restaint and laws that limit certain speech ... marble falls Jun 2023 #3

fox is free to spew their hate speech... Spazito Jun 2023 #4

I get the argument. I'm still hoping sunshine has an effect. Some people will gladly pay to ... marble falls Jun 2023 #5

I definitely get what you're saying... Spazito Jun 2023 #6

I think you're right about the Fox contribution to uncivil behavior. It's been banned from the ... marble falls Jun 2023 #7

The difference is we have hate speech laws... Spazito Jun 2023 #8

We do have hate speech laws. Enforcing them against deep pocketed defendents like Fox ... marble falls Jun 2023 #9

From what I've been able to find, the USSC reaffirmed, in 2017, that... Spazito Jun 2023 #10

There are no Federal hate speech laws. Most states have them and more have hate speech ... marble falls Jun 2023 #11

It is sausage making for sure... Spazito Jun 2023 #12