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"... 1969, in Brandenberg v. Ohio, the Supreme Court struck down the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan member, and established a new standard: Speech can be suppressed only if it is intended, and likely to produce, "imminent lawless action." - @ACLU

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"Otherwise, even speech that advocates violence is protected. The Brandenberg standard prevails today."

Full case pdf: tile.loc.gov/storage-servic…
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Suggested read: YOUR rights to speak. Understand, I'm not defending the propaganda. Hate it, too.
aclu.org/other/freedom-…

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Free speech door swings both ways. I know someone is going to mention Fairness Doctrine, so I'll do that as 4/ and explain what it was, which most don't know, from a .gov attorney and why it doesn't apply.

Imagine DeSantis in charge of the .gov agency deciding 'fake news'.

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Fairness Doctrine. Have a 17 page pdf - US .gov attorney. sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R4000…

Most have no idea what it actually did.

I'm just a lefty thinking ahead. Because a lunatic in charge of this sht eventually happens - somehow. Like Orwell, 'speech police'.

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I guess there's no reason to get into "Congress shall make no law ..."

So, in 6/ We'll talk about the REAL threat to speech this far-right SCOTUS looks ready to overturn, 1964, New York Times vs. Sullivan.

Now 'fire in a crowed theater" ...🔽

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How States and Congress Can Prepare for a Looming Threat to Freedom of Speech #1A lawfareblog.com/how-states-and… via
@jkosseff @MatthewSchafer

New York Times v Sullivan, 1964. Who benefits if it's overturned? Politicians, rich & powerful and corporations.

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Eugene V. Debs, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison under the Espionage Act just for telling a rally of peaceful workers to realize they were "fit for something better than slavery and cannon fodder."
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Prior to Brandenburg Vs. Ohio. Then came the McCarthy era.

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Prior to Brandenburg v Ohio.

'Or Sidney Street, jailed in 1969 for burning an American flag on a Harlem street corner to protest the shooting of civil rights figure James Meredith .. ACLU
James Meredith: biography.com/activist/james…

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Faux News the root of all evil? And these? Hundreds of whack outlets, print, radio, TV, YouTube, blogs. This is a short list.

SHUT THEM ALL DOWN!!! THEY LIE!!

(of course they do)

You can't shut them down without tossing your own 1st Amendment rights, and they know it.

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That list is a MAGA list pre-2020 election.☝️ Also, defamation. Sue their as$. Dominion is about to take a big chunk from Murdoch. Alex Jones? He lost. Civil court. Sandy Hook parents proved damages. Done. Also, lying under oath, not covered.

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