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Freedom is merited to those who play "by the rules" There's a line between extending freedom to parties that don't play fair and being a chump
by raverbashing 4y ago
Freedom is merited to those who play "by the rules"
There's a line between extending freedom to parties that don't play fair and being a chump
- newjersey 4y agoExactly. For example, imagine if Texas decided it would no longer allow people who have out of state driver’s licenses to drive in the state. All the other states will quickly ban Texas drivers from driving in their states as well. And we are the same country. In fact, I’d say a ban is at least a decade overdue and our Congress is to blame as usual. Edit: I mean a ban on social media networks controlled by China PR, not a ban on Texas drivers!
- imwithstoopid 4y agobzzzt look at concealed carry reciprocity, there is no precedent in the US for laws in one state to impact another, and in fact this is a cornerstone of Federalism
- checkyoursudo 4y agoI am sorry, but this is written into the Constitution of the United States of America: Article IV, Section 1: Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-4/section-1/overview-of-the-full-faith-and-credit-clause https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-4/sec... It is not even an amendment. It was there from the start. Tons of laws from the different states affect each other.
- imwithstoopid 4y ago...only when Federal law overrides State law (this should be obvious) so in my example, there is no Federal carry reciprocity law, so states can clobber each other at will likewise, there is no Federal Drivers License, so you get some states that share license info with each other, some that don't...and they aren't compelled
- HWR_14 4y agoCongress gets to decide what reciprocity states must have. Driver's Licenses are one of those. Every US state must accept every other US state's licenses. Congress did not decide that concealed carry had reciprocity. The entire "legalizing gay marriage" argument was if states had to be forced to accept same-sex marriages from other states where it was legal.
- dd36 4y agoAnd not just long overdue for the internet. It’s long overdue in trade.
- avidphantasm 4y agoDrivers on I-10 in Louisiana would like to ban Texas drivers.
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- flandish 4y ago> elections Yes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_China
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- perihelions 4y agoIf you GFW off TikTok from the USA — never mind ByteDance's rights: you're violating Americans' rights to view and interact with speech hosted on TikTok. "To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the right of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
- bioemerl 4y agoSo you don't, you simply ban every single corporation in the United States from doing business with them, and if you want to keep viewing it, you can.
- analog31 4y agoI get what you're saying, but it's ironic that the social media companies argue against free speech on their "private" platforms when they ban or moderate users.
- djbusby 4y agoA business doesn't have the obligation of a government.
- edgyquant 4y agoViewing tic toc is not an expression of free speech and I don’t get why you’re implying it is.
- bumby 4y agoTo the article's point, I think the discussion centers around a good definition of "the rules." The case the article makes is that the law uses a deliberately vague definition to wield against any "foreign adversary" (China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela.) I'm not personally against some sort of action in this regard, but would prefer stricter definitions to be applied to avoid abuse of power.