Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.szaf.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.26.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 19:29:05 +0000 User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Inconvenient lefties Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: BTR1701 References: <17c2951988fe8093$63098$3121036$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> <17c2cf26c4db72b2$7802$1100308$44d50e60@news.newsdemon.com> Message-ID: <5iadnW67MamczI37nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 19:29:05 +0000 Lines: 80 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-THt5qfDXoXokkd/gGZGzjCp4L/XbL/i8EtN4KXXKDVbwGppNzKH2uWysnJ8W0Jt6U8NLcQj3LB1uJLC!uUT5GXqNdZVA6ofZ2EEoPurfPMu9qcEtbLfTEGBrcSNa42TmVFw/0MGjpWVWmJsZIng7U9qxQxwA X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 5221 FPP wrote: > On 4/4/24 9:08 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> In article , FPP >> wrote: >> >>> On 4/4/24 3:32 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> In article , FPP >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 4/3/24 2:10 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>> On Apr 3, 2024 at 8:36:11 AM PDT, "moviePig" wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 4/3/2024 5:50 AM, FPP wrote: >>>>>>>> On 4/2/24 5:52 PM, moviePig wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 4/2/2024 1:16 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>>>>>>>> BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Mar 27, 2024 at 3:58:45 PM PDT, moviePig : >>>>>>>>>>>> 3/27/2024 6:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Adam H. Kerman : >>>>>>>>>>>>>> BTR1701 wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why is it that burning the American flag is protected speech, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but if you burn an Alphabet Mafia rainbow flag, you can get >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arrested for a hate crime? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> You mean a flag that does not belong to you, not your own flag. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> No, I mean any rainbow flag. If you go buy one yourself, then take >>>>>>>>>>>>> it to an anti-troon protest and burn it, it's a hate crime. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But if you buy an American flag and take it to an Antifa riot and >>>>>>>>>>>>> burn it, protected speech. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The former action is one of hate, the latter is one of protest. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> https://ibb.co/0FpvG4S >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> moviePig is unparseable here. Is he stating that protestors protest >>>>>>>>>> against their friends and not their enemies? I'm so confused. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm here to help. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In general, people who burn an American flag do so in protest of their >>>>>>>>> own government's actions and policies, while those who burn a rainbow >>>>>>>>> flag do so to express their hate of queers. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you own it, you can burn it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But not at a gay-pride march under laws against hate speech. >>>>>> >>>>>> There are no laws against hate speech in the United States. If any >>>>>> legislature should pass such a law, it would be unconstitutional. >>>> >>>>> That was in the old Constitution. You know... the one Roberts, Alito, >>>>> IKavanaugh, and Barret swore up and down they would go by. >>>>> And then didn't. >>>>> >>>>> Settled law, my ass. Alito quoted a 17th century Witch Hunter in his >>>>> draft opinion on Roe (Dobbs). >>>> >>>> Did he? That's awesome! >>>> >>>>> Fuck this Illegitimate Supreme Court of Religious Fanatics. >>>> >>>> This Supreme Court has reinforced free speech over government control >>>> and sanction at nearly every opportunity, so regardless of whether >>>> you're mentally fucking them or not (shudder), don't look for them to >>>> suddenly embrace the notion of carving out a heretofore never before >>>> noticed exception to the 1st Amendment and allow the government to start >>>> suddenly punishing people for 'hate speech'. >> >>> And your approval of them embracing a 17th century witch hunter tells us >>> everything we need to know >> >> I think it's hilariously awesome. I wish he'd cited Skynet, too! >> > Yeah, I kinda thought you would believe rape is "awesome". > Just surprised you admit to it. You're a hoot, that's what you are!