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Prairie_Seagull

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20. It can easily be both. I am not simple enough to think that either is the correct idea all by itself

Reply to onenote (Reply #19)

Sun Feb 19, 2023, 07:41 PM

Feb 2023

Less lying is still less. I can tell you that I have no idea about how one effects the other. I do believe it's enough to make a difference.

Thank you for the link. Good stuff. Do I believe that an idea will have the desired effect on political lies. Probably not. However for the people in general I still have hope.

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Are lies, propaganda, and misinformation protected by the First Amendment? [View all] kentuck Feb 2023 OP

I think total free speech would be fine if humans weren't so prone to buy into lies NewHendoLib Feb 2023 #1

When is the line crossed? kentuck Feb 2023 #2

we are living that experiment right now - I guess we always have been, but we are at one of the NewHendoLib Feb 2023 #3

The solution must be to give every American a firearm with one bullet... kentuck Feb 2023 #4

I've lost the plot, my friend - little of what we see makes sense to me any longer NewHendoLib Feb 2023 #5

There is free speech, there is also public nuisance bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #6

It's only ten o'clock, and already I want to start drinking. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 #7

Tokyo Rose was convicted of treason, served 6 years in prison, and given a presidential pardon onenote Feb 2023 #8

Haven't we had this discussion before? The answer is yes, lies, propaganda Ocelot II Feb 2023 #9

+++ emulatorloo Feb 2023 #11

+1 treestar Feb 2023 #14

If the massacre of children at Sandy Hook didn't Firestorm49 Feb 2023 #10

Treason and fraud are not protected by the first amendment Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #12

Yes. The only answer is more speech treestar Feb 2023 #13

There ought to be clever ways that a DA can pursue criminal charges tulipsandroses Feb 2023 #15

Yes. Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow have argued this in court--both successfully. Dr. Strange Feb 2023 #16

What was argued successfully was that Carlson and Maddow are stating opinion, not fact. onenote Feb 2023 #17

Correct. Dr. Strange Feb 2023 #22

What ever happened to personal honor? Prairie_Seagull Feb 2023 #18

As students of American political history know, lying has been part of politics from the start. onenote Feb 2023 #19

It can easily be both. I am not simple enough to think that either is the correct idea all by itself Prairie_Seagull Feb 2023 #20

Well Kentuck.. I tell you, if someone says something that causes them to harm themselves or others Peacetrain Feb 2023 #21