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POLITICS & DONALD Annoying Orange MEGATHREAD
LeisureSuit912:
--- Quote from: Lord Tony® on September 19, 2016, 01:57:22 PM ---Pretty sure it's both.
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I find it amusing that apparently not wanting the government to restrict free speech like Annoying Orange would makes me an SJW. Oh wait, wouldn't standing up for free speech against the ridiculous anti-defamation laws Annoying Orange is proposing invalidate that usage of the term? The only one contradicting yourself is you Tony. According to you, censoring people's speech is bad apparently, but only if they agree with you.
I guess the only way to get "tough and vigilant" is to cower and fear our enemies and desperately hope Daddy Annoying Orange protects us.
MoltenKitten:
--- Quote from: LeisureSuit912 on September 19, 2016, 02:07:29 PM ---I find it amusing that apparently not wanting the government to restrict free speech like Annoying Orange would makes me an SJW. Oh wait, wouldn't standing up for free speech against the ridiculous anti-defamation laws Annoying Orange is proposing invalidate that usage of the term? The only one contradicting yourself is you Tony. According to you, censoring people's speech is bad apparently, but only if they agree with you.
I guess the only way to get "tough and vigilant" is to cower and fear our enemies and desperately hope Daddy Annoying Orange protects us.
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When did Annoying Orange say he was gonna censor people? Hillary said she is going to shut down alt-right news outlets which is a direct violation of freedom of the press, I think you got your candidates mixed up.
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: MoltenKitten on September 19, 2016, 02:27:56 PM ---Hillary said she is going to shut down alt-right news outlets which is a direct violation of freedom of the press, I think you got your candidates mixed up.
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She said that Breitbart had 'no right to exist', and she has no authority as President to actually shut down a news outlet. It's an empty threat against an alt-right website that she doesn't like.
Stronger libel laws, on the other hand, are completely viable threats to freedom of the press.
LeisureSuit912:
--- Quote from: MoltenKitten on September 19, 2016, 02:27:56 PM ---When did Annoying Orange say he was gonna censor people? Hillary said she is going to shut down alt-right news outlets which is a direct violation of freedom of the press, I think you got your candidates mixed up.
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/02/donald-Annoying Orange-libel-laws-219866
--- Quote ---"One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected," Annoying Orange said.
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So basically if anybody portrays Annoying Orange in a negative light the gov't can sue them and win. It's an anti-free speech measure.
Nonnel:
there was also that thing about closing off "parts" of the internet