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Brief of the Onion as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner [pdf]

81 points by jeff_tyrrill 4y ago

pyuser583 4y ago
I’ve been reading the Onion since it was a local paper in the early 90s. It used to be a lot more edgy. And cynical. I guess you can’t take risks once you’ve achieved a certain amount of fame.
- rendall 4y ago
  Same, but for Vice Magazine
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robinhouston 4y ago
This is so brilliant because it's funny and persuasive, and the fact that it's funny is essential to what makes it persuasive. Just a wonderful piece of self-referential writing, that also serves a serious purpose.
cafard 4y ago
The clerks must appreciate a change from their usual heavy reading.
ars 4y ago
I really want to believe that the lawyers legally changed their last names in order to sound funnier.
euroderf 4y ago
In their newly-majoritarian efforts to be intellectually absurd, the conservative justices have met their match. Let freedom ring!
- jeegsy 4y ago
  > newly-majoritarian efforts to be intellectually absurd The phrasing of this is very odd indeed
  - euroderf 4y ago
    Well, the Court's right wing now has a secure majority that doesn't even need Roberts, and their opinions smashing precedents are not stellar works of legal reasoning.
mitchbob 4y ago
Background: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/04/the-onion-defends-right-to-parody-in-very-real-supreme-court-brief-supporting-local-satirist https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/04/the-onion-defend...
dominotw 4y ago
> In 2016, Anthony Novak was arrested for making a Facebook page that parodied the local police page. > He was charged with disrupting a public service > sets dangerous precedent undermining free speech Is this different from FBI reaching out directly to facebook and making them remove content. Mark admitted that FB was(is?) guided by the FBI on their content policy. I find that more insidious and 'dangerous' than the case above. I find it even more surprising that there is no commotion about this.
chernevik 4y ago
This is one of those things I wish I could write. Persuasive, funny, well-reasoned, learned -- absolutely amazing.

81 points by jeff_tyrrill 4y ago

I’ve been reading the Onion since it was a local paper in the early 90s. It used to be a lot more edgy. And cynical. I guess you can’t take risks once you’ve achieved a certain amount of fame.

rendall 4y ago
Same, but for Vice Magazine

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robinhouston 4y ago

This is so brilliant because it's funny and persuasive, and the fact that it's funny is essential to what makes it persuasive. Just a wonderful piece of self-referential writing, that also serves a serious purpose.

cafard 4y ago

The clerks must appreciate a change from their usual heavy reading.

ars 4y ago

I really want to believe that the lawyers legally changed their last names in order to sound funnier.

euroderf 4y ago

In their newly-majoritarian efforts to be intellectually absurd, the conservative justices have met their match. Let freedom ring!

jeegsy 4y ago
> newly-majoritarian efforts to be intellectually absurd The phrasing of this is very odd indeed
- euroderf 4y ago
  Well, the Court's right wing now has a secure majority that doesn't even need Roberts, and their opinions smashing precedents are not stellar works of legal reasoning.

mitchbob 4y ago

Background: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/04/the-onion-defends-right-to-parody-in-very-real-supreme-court-brief-supporting-local-satirist https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/04/the-onion-defend...

dominotw 4y ago

> In 2016, Anthony Novak was arrested for making a Facebook page that parodied the local police page. > He was charged with disrupting a public service > sets dangerous precedent undermining free speech Is this different from FBI reaching out directly to facebook and making them remove content. Mark admitted that FB was(is?) guided by the FBI on their content policy. I find that more insidious and 'dangerous' than the case above. I find it even more surprising that there is no commotion about this.

chernevik 4y ago

This is one of those things I wish I could write. Persuasive, funny, well-reasoned, learned -- absolutely amazing.