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dware

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10. No, there shouldn't be,

Reply to spanone (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:22 AM

Oct 2020

now you're talking censorship, which is a road we don't want to go down.

Imagine a law like that passed, now a R gets elected President sometime down the road, do you want that Admin. to have that kind of power?

Besides, no court in the land would uphold such a law on 1st Amendment grounds, it would be thrown out before the ink dried.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 OP

I wonder if they will do a 180 when Biden takes office. Claustrum Oct 2020 #1

Yeah. January 21 - pandemic threatens America with extinction My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #8

Exactly! NCDem47 Oct 2020 #14

Orwell missed it by 36 years with his doublespeak concept. Prophecy. idziak4ever1234 Oct 2020 #2

... left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #5

The last one, ignorance is strength, actually comes from WWII UK IC My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #12

okie dokie ... but Google says: left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #16

Orwell was in intelligence, that is I think where the meme originated, My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #19

No, he was pretty much spot-on. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #11

There should be. spanone Oct 2020 #3

No, there shouldn't be, dware Oct 2020 #10

I can't see a law stating that if you call yourself a "news" organization then you BComplex Oct 2020 #18

And who gets to determine what that "truth" is? dware Oct 2020 #20

There not only should be, there MUST be. better Oct 2020 #22

Yeah, good luck with that argument, dware Oct 2020 #23

It would appear that existing law/regulation disagrees with you. better Oct 2020 #24

Here's the thing, dware Oct 2020 #25

You are entirely correct. Maru Kitteh Oct 2020 #26

I guess... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #4

"Why isn't there a law to prevent Fox lies?" brooklynite Oct 2020 #6

1st amendment only applies melm00se Oct 2020 #17

That seems to be the case. dware Oct 2020 #21

... dware Oct 2020 #7

As soon as Biden takes thee oath of Office in January.... OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2020 #9

Luckily, most Americans know the truth and only Faux acolytes will believe it. nt dware Oct 2020 #13

I thought they were doing that already dv421 Oct 2020 #15

i recall a fox news case in florida around 2003 90-percent Oct 2020 #27