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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by commandlinefan on Thursday July 06, 2023 @12:13PM (#36618240)
Kind of - crack downs on "obscenity" always come from the right and rarely if ever from the left. For the most part, everybody seems to agree than "obscenity" should be an exception to freedom of speech, although there's quite a bit of disagreement on what constitutes it.
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by Brusco_RF on Thursday July 06, 2023 @01:09PM (#36619240)
I disagree. At most you'll see parents deciding that their tax dollars should not be used to stock a school library with "obscene" books in schools. That is not an infringement on speech, those authors are free to publish and sell in any other market.
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by HideousKojima on Thursday July 06, 2023 @01:15PM (#36619351)
>crack downs on "obscenity" always come from the right and rarely if ever from the left

Tipper Gore and Joe Lieberman would like a word.

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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by sangnoir on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:59PM (#36621058)
This just shows how useless a single-dimension left/right axis is. There were plenty of socially conservative Democratic party members then (and now, but moreso then).

This was also a time when the majority (>50%) of Americans disapproved of mixed-race relationships, according to Gallup. That percentage only fell below 50% in 1993, IIRC.

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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by tekknik on Friday July 07, 2023 @08:55AM (#36630982)
Maybe we should get rid of the 2 party system?
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by stcroixx on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:17PM (#36620429)
As a kid growing up, Tipper Gore’s PMRC slapped stickers on heavy metal and rap CDs they didn’t like.
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