Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
by fredstarr on Friday December 10, 2021 @02:26PM
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Wow! You actually took my shit serious! LOL. Of course, I'm just being overly dramatic and would never support censorship in any way, shape or form. If you can't sense the sarcasm in my comment, I don't know what else to say :)
Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
by ceejayoz on Friday December 10, 2021 @02:36PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
There's no way to tell these days. I feel bad for The Onion, really. Parody is dead.
Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
by Slow_Hand on Friday December 10, 2021 @05:41PM
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Being sarcastic on the internet is generally a bad idea and creates confusion as to whether you truly believe what you’re saying. If you want to make a sarcastic point it’s best to be explicit about it, or else risk being taken seriously.
Nobody here knows what you actually believe. Without the benefit of that shared context, a sly vocal intonation, or a wink of the eye all we can do is take you at face value as someone who actually believes what you’re saying.
Entertainers have First Amendment rights, too.
> They enjoy misleading and diverting attention away from the things that really matter.
If I feel your argument does that, do I get to revoke your rights?
> So I'd recommend that they be stripped of all of those protections and get the same punitive treatment that we, the People (we are the ones who pay taxes, BTW), get when we talk shit.
We, the People, are similarly protected by the First Amendment. Weakening it would impact us, too.