Re:Unapproved books now a felony in Manatee County schools
by sowbug on Monday January 23, 2023 @11:41AM
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Most cases defending basic freedoms involve reprehensible facts. In the US, Miranda was a burglar. Clarence Brandenburg was a KKK leader. Paul Cohen wore a t-shirt reading "FUCK THE DRAFT" at a time when such words weren't part of polite public discourse.
The only thing worse than a law against your definition of "bad" content is a law against your definition of "good" content. Which will be next if this law moves the Overton window.
Which is why it's dangerous to focus on the actual content being regulated. Be upset that content -- any content -- is being regulated, because the US Bill of Rights is supposed to prohibit such laws.
The only thing worse than a law against your definition of "bad" content is a law against your definition of "good" content. Which will be next if this law moves the Overton window.
Which is why it's dangerous to focus on the actual content being regulated. Be upset that content -- any content -- is being regulated, because the US Bill of Rights is supposed to prohibit such laws.