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From another comment on this post [0] > this only applies to bloggers who are being paid to blog So uhh... is it really free speech if you're getting paid to
by inetknght 4y ago
From another comment on this post [0]
> this only applies to bloggers who are being paid to blog
So uhh... is it really free speech if you're getting paid to speak? I would argue not so. I would argue: if you're getting paid to speak then you're neither speaking freely in the "free as in free beer" nor the "free as in free speech" interpretations of free.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35015088 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35015088
- bentley 4y agoDo I have to shut down my Patreon and demonetize my YouTube videos or risk being fined?
- inetknght 4y agoPerhaps so if you live in Florida
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- fnordpiglet 4y ago“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” I see no carve out about being paid. Your reasons for your speech are your own, you shouldn’t be forced to register to voice opinion about a government official even if you’re employed to give opinions. This stuff isn’t about transparency in government like lobbyist rules. It’s about intimidated critics, which is precisely the reason the first amendment was deemed necessary.
- inetknght 4y agoYup, cool. This isn't the U.S. Congress, this is Florida.
- SauciestGNU 4y agoThe first amendment has been forced on states via the legal construct of "incorporation". The text of the amendment binds state legislation as well.
- Volundr 4y agoSee also: the 14th amendment
- krapp 4y ago> So uhh... is it really free speech if you're getting paid to speak? Yes.
- mcphage 4y agoWait so if you write for a newspaper, you don’t consider that free speech?
- pritambaral 4y agoIn a country whose Supreme Court considers the expenditure of money for political campaigns "free speech"? It'd appear so. Either it's the writer's speech, or it's that of whoever is paying for it.