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Yes, don't worry! Thiel merely wants to shut down worthless, trashy publications like Gawker, and the presidential candidate he supports merely wants to shut do
by microtherion 10y ago
Yes, don't worry! Thiel merely wants to shut down worthless, trashy publications like Gawker, and the presidential candidate he supports merely wants to shut down worthless, trashy publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Valuable, classy publications who adopt the proper fellatory posture toward their betters have nothing to fear whatsoever.
- serge2k 10y ago> presidential candidate he supports So if Thiel was a democrat then none of this would be a problem?
- spdustin 10y agoThat's not it, and I think you know it. If Thiel supported any candidate that championed the importance of the press to an informed electorate, it would be better. But right now, he supports a candidate who openly states his desire to strip citizens, in this example the press, of their constitutional rights.
- 20yrs_no_equity 10y agoCitation required.
- Natsu 10y agoThe Washington Post was revealed in the email leaks to be holding clandestine fundraisers with the DNC that their own lawyers would "never" allow, so it's not clear how far above the board they are these days.
- stillsut 10y agoPerhaps you should look into the Citizen's United court case. Who was the plaintiff? Hillary Clinton. And what was she seeking to accomplish? Prevent the release of a movie which criticized her political career.
- microtherion 10y agoHint: the case was named "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission". What does that tell you about who the plaintiff was?
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Hint: the case was named "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission". What does that tell you about who the plaintiff was? Very little, actually, because Supreme Court case title orders don't tell you who the plaintiff vs. defendant is, they tell you who filed the appeal from the case below. (However, it does tell you that Hillary Clinton wasn't the plaintiff, since she is neither "Citizens United" nor the "Federal Election Commission".) However, in this case, the plaintiff below was the appellant, so...