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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Libraries won't stand up for First Amendment
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 16:48:19 -0500
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On 1/2/2025 3:46 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 22:25:59 -0500, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>> The library has a diversity equity an dinclusion statement about all
>>> being welcome painted on a prominent wall near one of the entrances, but
>>> it seems they don't mean it.
>>>
>>> Just to be clear, mime: Just because I had no interest in seeing the
>>> movie myself doesn't mean others shouldn't be allowed to see it.
>>
>> If the $3k fee is legitimate, rather than a "poison pill" of
>> discouragement, the ACLU's constitutionality charge is bogus.
>>
> Would the argument be legit if the library had demanded $300k?

If the amount's legitimate, then the ACLU's complaint isn't.

The library can't reject the film for its controversiality, per se.  But 
it can require the exhibitor to foot *any* extra charges incurred. 
(N.B.: I'm quoting the Book of Common Prayer ...er, Sense.)