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On June 24 2022 20:25 BlackJack wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2022 15:45 gobbledydook wrote:Clearly the law is problematic from a moral standpoint. Businesses should not have to voice a certain opinion in order to win government contracts. This is not, however, removing anyone's right to boycott. They are still fine to say whatever they want. They just won't win contracts in Arkansas. Not everything has to be hyperbolized to the nth degree. So they are still fine to say whatever they want as long as they're willing to suffer the consequences?
Wasn't that always the idea of free speech?
You can shout racist bullshit all day. Many people do in fact. That language is constitutionally protected, as in the government cannot stop them from saying that, but they do get fired and lose contracts.
It's a bit questionable since this time it's the government that is doing this, but the idea behind it is classic free speech.
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Free speech worked the same in Soviet Union. You could say whatever You like, as long as You were willing to suffer the consequences 
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Uh, if you work for the government and the government says you’re not allowed to boycott then yes people are being prevented from being allowed to boycott.
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So the gun control bill, such as it is, has passed the Senate with the support of 15 Republicans. Probably tells you how much it actually does. It almost feels worse than getting nothing at all, because when this bill passes and we still have a shitload of gun violence in America now we can't say we're doing nothing anymore.
But also, now the ULTRA MAGA gang has put those 15 Republicans on their shit list. Including Mitch McConnell, who gave them the 6-3 SCOTUS majority that's literally passing all their wet dream rulings right now.
Not the brightest bunch.
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Speaking of Scotus, hard to believe but they actually just did overturn Roe.
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Nah, not hard to believe. They told us exactly who they were, and who they were working for. They told us already, the problem was that their draft was leaked, not that they slipped and accidentally wrote the wrong opinion on the case. Everyone saw it coming.
This is so fucked.
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I don't hear any Republicans crying about political activism from the bench now. Weird.
Glad that millions of lives were just ruined so that Republicans can have their little warm-and-fuzzy feelings in fantasy land. That's worth a little sexual subjugation.
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Well this summer start wasn't too bad in the US all things considered. But now I feel we're going to have a repeat, if not worse, of last year's Summer of Unrest.
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I always knew time machines were real, we now can make the world a better place as we have been transported back 50 years.
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On June 24 2022 23:30 Husyelt wrote:
I always knew time machines were real, we now can make the world a better place as we have been transported back 50 years.
Stacking the bench and getting rid of the filibuster has never been more important than now.
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What a depressing week this has been as an American
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On June 24 2022 23:36 plasmidghost wrote:
What a depressing week this has been as an American
Well, apparently it was the same to have Trump or Clinton.
I have to say I feel less and less that the US and Europe share the same destiny, and in a way, I care less about the US internal politics than I used to. I am just sorry for the decent and reasonable people living there. I would try to gtfo to a better place if I lived in the US.
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And just like that America has regressed 50 years. Just absolutely horrible.
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On June 24 2022 23:12 Introvert wrote:
Speaking of Scotus, hard to believe but they actually just did overturn Roe.
Do you still think this will lower social tensions in the us?
I can believe somehow that we're behind the Taliban in women rights in some states now.
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On June 24 2022 23:47 Sermokala wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2022 23:12 Introvert wrote:
Speaking of Scotus, hard to believe but they actually just did overturn Roe. Do you still think this will lower social tensions in the us?
I for one enjoy my toxic, abusive relationships, and my temperament has cooled down quite a bit now that the aggressor making unilateral demands has gotten what they wanted at my expense.
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Guess I'll buy stock in condom and Rx companies. There's bound to be an explosion for those.
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On June 24 2022 23:29 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:
Well this summer start wasn't too bad in the US all things considered. But now I feel we're going to have a repeat, if not worse, of last year's Summer of Unrest.
I get another summer of watching people burn shit down on livestreams? Neat.
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