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Let's say if _every_ restaurant in town, when you tried to order broccoli, gave you eggplant instead. You say "hey, I don't want eggplant, I don't like eggplan

Let's say if _every_ restaurant in town, when you tried to order broccoli, gave you eggplant instead. You say "hey, I don't want eggplant, I don't like eggplant" and the restaurants response is to say "but eggplant is really good and only bad people don't like eggplant. You aren't anti-eggplant are you?" It's not an issue when it's one restaurant - that's just weird - but when it starts being 90%... 95%.. when they restaurants all get together and form an anti-broccoli commission, and start colluding to make selling broccoli illegal.. When the restaurants go to the Federal Government and say they need laws making broccoli illegal?

akerl_ 3y ago
Restaurants are free to petition the government, in the same way that you're free to petition the government. And insofar as there has been lobbying to make some kinds of expression illegal, I've generally been opposed to it. But as far as I can tell, every modern example of a group lobbying the government to make kinds of expression illegal have not come from social media platforms, they've come from Republican lobbying groups trying to get books banned or drag shows banned.
- vorpalhex 3y ago
  Well, we're commenting on an article where the Whitehouse, the President of the United States, has been told to stop abusing their authority to censor speech. I would point out those book bans are not banned from reading or publication.. they are banned from school libraries because they have graphic descriptions of sex. If you feel it's important for your kid to be exposed to a storybook primer on gay oral sex... I suppose you should write your congressperson. And in banning drag shows, the prohibition is on drag shows with underage attendees, usually without parental permission. Again, if you feel your kid needs to see someone in drag hip thrust in yoga pants on a stage without your consent.. you're welcome to lobby for that as you see fit. I will spend my time fighting and continuing to fight for the freedom of expression.

akerl_ 3y ago

Restaurants are free to petition the government, in the same way that you're free to petition the government. And insofar as there has been lobbying to make some kinds of expression illegal, I've generally been opposed to it. But as far as I can tell, every modern example of a group lobbying the government to make kinds of expression illegal have not come from social media platforms, they've come from Republican lobbying groups trying to get books banned or drag shows banned.

vorpalhex 3y ago
Well, we're commenting on an article where the Whitehouse, the President of the United States, has been told to stop abusing their authority to censor speech. I would point out those book bans are not banned from reading or publication.. they are banned from school libraries because they have graphic descriptions of sex. If you feel it's important for your kid to be exposed to a storybook primer on gay oral sex... I suppose you should write your congressperson. And in banning drag shows, the prohibition is on drag shows with underage attendees, usually without parental permission. Again, if you feel your kid needs to see someone in drag hip thrust in yoga pants on a stage without your consent.. you're welcome to lobby for that as you see fit. I will spend my time fighting and continuing to fight for the freedom of expression.