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(Asking as someone who thinks these laws are among the worst passed in the US in recent memory) What would you say to the charge that recruiting for terrorist
by rscoots 5y ago
(Asking as someone who thinks these laws are among the worst passed in the US in recent memory)
What would you say to the charge that recruiting for terrorist organizations is actually illegal, and that the Texas laws were created legally by democratically elected officials?
Surely there is some daylight between the 2.
- alkonaut 5y agoLuckily I’m looking at it from the outside so I can say without flinching “if this was a functioning democracy and a functioning legal system this wouldn’t have happened”. There are certainly shades of gray all over but I also don’t think anything can be excused as morally acceptable because it’s decided democratically. > actually illegal The thing though is that abortions are now in that category too! Democratically elected officials creating laws without public support is sometimes necessary (e.g for budgetary reasons, environmental reasons or similar). Doing it in this situation isn’t that.
- rscoots 5y agoGlad you've acknowledged there is a difference between this and recruiting for terrorist orgs. >I also don’t think anything can be excused as morally acceptable because it’s decided democratically. Wasn't asserted. >The thing though is that abortions are now in that category too! The website is not providing illegal abortions. Or else sadly goDaddy would probably be required by law to take it down. Anyways, I've learned from other comments that these laws are so broad that even activism supporting the right to abortion can be deemed illegal. So inadvertently you might've made a point if that proves true.