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While Bob Hope was indeed an immigrant, white anglo saxon protestant male immigrants are explicitly welcomed by the current shitocracy…
I bet I.C.E. comes back for them later.
I'm surprised the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion aren't getting arrested seeing as they are not U.S. citizens. I…
Oh no, you've figured me out!
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Category Archives: Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc.
On Wedding Cakes, Gay Weddings, And Free Speech
This is a reply to a comment left by MJJ on the Muslim Ban thread. I’m putting my response here, and hopefully further discussion of this issue will move to this thread. I didn’t think Melissa’s cakes has gone bankrupt? … Continue reading
Free Speech On Campus, Attacked By The Right And The Left – Which Somehow Gets Reported As A Near-Exclusive Threat From The Left
(Although she may not agree with everything I wrote here, I want to acknowledge that this post was improved by a discussion I had with Jaz Twersky. Thanks, Jaz!) Four stories that I’ve run across recently: 1. Attacks on Tenure. … Continue reading
Samsung Attempts Copyright Censorship of Parody Of Their Exploding Galaxy Note 7 Phone
So gamer “HitmanNiko” modified Grand Theft Auto to add in a new weapon: A Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which can be thrown like a grenade. (It replaces a weapon called “the sticky bomb.”) Some folks uploaded videos of themselves using … Continue reading
Cartoon: How Free Speech Was Saved
My new cartoon on Everyday Feminism! Please go check it out. Some comments about this cartoon (originally posted on my Patreon page). The modern “alt-right” – those conservatives who are now, among other things, running Donald Trump’s presidential campaign – … Continue reading
Anti-Trump protests and the free speech argument
[This is a post by occasional “Alas” comment-writer Lirael, reprinted with permission from their excellent blog NowFaceNorth. Thanks, Lirael! –Amp] There’s a lot of interesting arguments going around in the wake of the cancelled Donald Trump rally in Chicago. One … Continue reading
On Hulk Hogan and Free Speech
From CNN: Jurors in the Hulk Hogan sex tape case ignored a plea for mercy Monday and added another $25 million to the $115 million they already awarded ex-wrestler Hulk Hogan. The jury deliberated nearly four hours before deciding on … Continue reading
Catholic Schools Are Forcing Employees To Sign Away Their Free Speech
From the New York Times: Part of the focus here and elsewhere appears to be online sharing of photos and personal opinions. A number of morality clauses in other dioceses express such concerns, specifying that teachers may not post anything … Continue reading
I may not like what you say…
..But I will defend to the…. To the… Hold on, this is all happening too fast. Let’s stop and breathe and consider this a moment. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I really, really want you to have the right … Continue reading
Huge Corporation Attempts To Censor One-Woman Feminist Play
Once again, copyright is used by wealthy corporations to censor independent artists – and in this case, to muzzle a feminist critique of the most powerful and popular playwrights in the country. From a review of the experimental play Thatswhatshesaid: … Continue reading
I want to put that WORDS poster on a t-shirt!