That being said, maybe we need people who can stop the propaganda from reaching the MAGA terrorists.
There was an insurrection at the capitol because of the lies and propaganda that was spewed by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and the rest of the Russian propagandists at Faux. If there had been a way to prevent their baseless lies from getting to the MAGA terrorists, there may not have been an insurrection attempt.
I do not care for your attempt to fallaciously invoke 1/6 and the associated lies as justification for this Cali law.
There’s no evidence or sound reasoned argument the Cali or law identical to Cali’s would make less likely, impede, or preclude lies associated with 1/6 or 1/6 itself. What the law requires and its purpose isn’t calculated to do so.
Second, an uncomfortable reality many people cannot accept, including the left wing, what is or isn’t misinformation, lies, deception, what is permissible in any of them, is generally and broadly not to be determined by the government. The government may rightly allow punishment, civil and/or criminal, of speech for its
effects (effect of speech= reputation damage so libel/slander suits are available, public nuisance because of the time of day or location the speech, while constitutional, is made in such a manner as to disturb the peace because it is too loud, or the very high threshold for ciminalizing the effects of speech as incitement to violence, but those categories do not forbid the content of the message but forbid the
effects, leaving in place the constitutionality off the content of the message of lies and misinformation.
What is truth, lies, misinformation, is generally and broadly to be ascertained in the public square of debate, discourse, and disagreement, and not dictated by the ministry of truth governmental agency.
And if this were 1780, you’d find yourself tarred and feathered. The founders and those at the time championed misinformation to foment hatred and dislike for their perceived oppressors, the British. This is documented in the new book, “
The Common Cause: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution.” They surely would defend this as free speech, and those opposed would be British loyalists, worthy of a beating if not death.
I would be remiss if I did not mention, misinformation and lies as a tools in politics, was well known as a practice in Britain before the American colonies, practiced by the colonists, and practiced under a new government from 1789 onward.
Yes, Madison and Jefferson made a habit of spreading misinformation to newspapers about Treasurer Hamilton.
Misinformation and lies have existed as free speech since the Republic’s inception. Why? Because the government generally and broadly has no authority to dictate what is or isn’t misinformation or lies.
Because Ronald Reagan made sure the Fairness Doctrine was removed, because Rupert Murdoch wanted it gone, there have been many issues with journalists reporting truthfully. While Faux is not even remotely about news and more about spreading propaganda and lies to the MAGA crowd, they are not really journalists. They are a cheap rag owned by a racist asshat from Australia. As a result, we cannot expect they would follow the first obligation of journalism, which is to report the truth.
Oh, spare us your left wing rant cloaked in self-righteous free speech killing rhetoric.
The topic is the Cali law. The topic isn’t anything about the right, like the above, that makes you nauseous. There’s a remedy for that, Phengeran. Perhaps you could pop one or more, that ameliorates said nauseu, and you can then better focus upon the actual topic and issue!