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Beto O'Rourke Joins the Silly Parade of Confused Politicians Looking to Destroy

7 points by worldofmatthew 7y ago

Dartagnan2 7y ago
Serious question: what is "hate"?
- worldofmatthew 7y ago
  Everyone has a different opinions on what is hate.
bifrost 7y ago
sigh It'd be nice if politicians actually did something that mattered instead of all of this pandering.
- worldofmatthew 7y ago
  What he is suggesting would be shot down in court.
  - bediger4000 7y ago
    We all hope this. Things have changed as far as Supreme Court goes, and there's a whole lot of new federal judges just joining the bench. I bet we see a lot more odd rulings in the next few years.
- weare138 7y ago
  Honestly though, if we don't want uninformed and/or corrupt politicians passing laws that would have a major impact on the tech industry then we should seriously start addressing these issues ourselves and quit giving them reasons too. I don't agree with Beto's solution but it has become a real problem. No one would argue that ISIS has a right to "free speech" and should be protected. Our right to free speech is one of many protected rights. The axiom is simple, when the expressions of ones rights infringes on the same rights of others then it's not protected anymore. It's a solvable problem and if the tech industry continues to hide behind the current laws then we have no one to blame but ourselves when the politicians inevitably change them.
  - bifrost 7y ago
    ISIS having a right to free speech is an interesting point. Under current law and status they do until they incite violence. If ISIS spent all day tweet about kittens, they'd be in the clear; but obviously they don't. > The axiom is simple, when the expressions of ones rights infringes on the same rights of others then it's not protected anymore. I don't think the majority of people much less politicians understand what rights are nor how they might be infringed. There's been a ton of humdrum about "infringe on these people but not these people". It turns into "everyone who disagrees with me is without honor" which is just disingenuous. Politicians need some basic civics lessons or something.

Dartagnan2 7y ago

Serious question: what is "hate"?

worldofmatthew 7y ago
Everyone has a different opinions on what is hate.

bifrost 7y ago

sigh It'd be nice if politicians actually did something that mattered instead of all of this pandering.

worldofmatthew 7y ago
What he is suggesting would be shot down in court.
- bediger4000 7y ago
  We all hope this. Things have changed as far as Supreme Court goes, and there's a whole lot of new federal judges just joining the bench. I bet we see a lot more odd rulings in the next few years.
weare138 7y ago
Honestly though, if we don't want uninformed and/or corrupt politicians passing laws that would have a major impact on the tech industry then we should seriously start addressing these issues ourselves and quit giving them reasons too. I don't agree with Beto's solution but it has become a real problem. No one would argue that ISIS has a right to "free speech" and should be protected. Our right to free speech is one of many protected rights. The axiom is simple, when the expressions of ones rights infringes on the same rights of others then it's not protected anymore. It's a solvable problem and if the tech industry continues to hide behind the current laws then we have no one to blame but ourselves when the politicians inevitably change them.
- bifrost 7y ago
  ISIS having a right to free speech is an interesting point. Under current law and status they do until they incite violence. If ISIS spent all day tweet about kittens, they'd be in the clear; but obviously they don't. > The axiom is simple, when the expressions of ones rights infringes on the same rights of others then it's not protected anymore. I don't think the majority of people much less politicians understand what rights are nor how they might be infringed. There's been a ton of humdrum about "infringe on these people but not these people". It turns into "everyone who disagrees with me is without honor" which is just disingenuous. Politicians need some basic civics lessons or something.