It used to be a first-year communications student in college learned about FCC licenses, what they were, why they were there, and why the 1st Amendment does not really apply to them in the way that they do to cable, Internet, or the street corner.
Jimmy Kimmel still has the same 1a rights everyone else has. The public airwaves are owned by the public, and the public (with government as its agent) has the right to demand standards that you do not get in any other venue.
Arguing that this is some Rubicon moment in free speech rights is specious and retarded.
X doesn't use public airwaves owned by the public. X is on an unlimited resource medium. Airwaves are limited and owned by the public. Same principle as a National Park.
You don't let anyone strip mine in Yosemite willy-nilly. Same principle.
The broadcast medium is a limited speech arena and always has been.
And @WinkyTheGhost knows where it's at
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In the "Art of War," Sun Tzu describes "Death Ground" as ground that gives only two options: fight, or death. 🧵
"... an encircling force must leave a gap to show the surrounded troops there is a way out, so that they will not be determined to fight to the death."
While Sun Tzu couches it in geographic terms, Death Ground is really a state of mind.
The belief that the opposing force has no other objective than to kill you. That, even if you surrender, you, your family and everyone in your nation will be wiped out.
Always thought Molyneux had a weird cult-leader vibe so never watched his stuff, but should he be lumped in with the disgusting David Duke or Richard Spencer?
That's the problem w/censorship, now I can't find out for myself.
Censorship requires a censor. That censor is supposedly endowed with the super power to determine what speech is so dangerous ordinary humans can't be exposed to it (but her or she can). I've never met a human with that super power, or worthy of the trust that demands.
The difference between Truffaut's Farenheight 451 movie adaptation & the rotten modern version is that Truffaut's version defends the worst, most evil speech ever produced (Mein Kampf) whereas the modern opens w/beautiful examples of speech that everyone agrees must be protected.