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Citizens united was about people not losing their individual rights when they group together. Do you have a problem with someone writing a book about a preside
by dantheman 7y ago
Citizens united was about people not losing their individual rights when they group together.
Do you have a problem with someone writing a book about a presidential candidate?
If not, why would you have a problem with a movie being released?
Do you think newspapers and tv shows should endorse candidates? Or choose which ones to cover and how much to cover?
Citizens united is incredibly misunderstood.
If anything, the problem is that there is so much money being spent by the federal government that it makes sense to try and and get it.
- ethbro 7y agoLet's not pretend corporations are groups of people.
- bpodgursky 7y agoLet's not pretend the Sierra club and ACLU are _incorporated_ entities whose speech could (and would) be throttled by restrictions on "corporate" spending.
- mochris 7y agoCitizens United was a travesty, beloved only by the naive and the fascist, and I do not believe you are naive.
- coliveira 7y agoThat's nonsense. People don't lose their rights when they control a company. They continue having the ability to contribute to whomever they want as an individual. > there is so much money being spent by the federal government that it makes sense to try and and get it. The money spent by the federal government is people's money. Trying to get it is called stealing.
- dantheman 7y agoCitizens United was a group of people who made a film and wanted to release and the government said that couldn't. The created a corporation to make and release the film. Citizens United has nothing to do with campaign contributions.