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Yeah, I don’t mean to be pessimistic, but given all the knee bending, I don’t have much hope for the next 4 years and beyond when it comes to freedom. I don’t think most MAGA people have respect for the constitution or law & order. That respect seems to be eroded.
This is something I learned back in the early 70s, and which is even more true today. Americans don’t want the soap on the rope. They are terrified at the prospect of even a little freedom, and will do anything to find someone to tell them what to think and do.
Bold of you to assume it’ll only be 4 years.
It’s 4 years until the next scheduled bullshit, whether that’s a third term, eradicating the constitution, or bringing about the end of America / the west / humanity. We could all go up sooner, but I expect Bo Burnham’s “7 more to go,” to somehow be right (came out in 2021, so 2028 seems about right).
We lost freedoms during Bush, carried on by every president since. I guess we’ll see what happens to the machinations next…
Thanks for the updoots & the fish. Hope it was a good ride.
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Ummm, when they don’t play by the rules written already, and they are actively rewriting the rules to benefit themselves, what the hell is going to stop them?
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I love the way people think the Constitution matters any more.
The constitution is a piece of paper. Laws set and rights granted by the Constitution require people to actually enforce and uphold them. If there is nobody willing or able to enforce and uphold them, then it carries about as much weight and gravity as a mattress tag.
If Trump says he wants to revoke your broadcast license, and the FCC says it’s going to revoke your broadcast license, and the Trump-friendly Supreme Court says they can revoke your broadcast license, then you don’t have a broadcast license. Full stop. Sure, you can say you have 1st amendment protections, but if the people tasked with upholding those protections are falling in line behind Trump (spoiler alert: They are), then you might as well be preaching about your 1st amendment protections to pigeons in the park for all the good that’s going to do for you.
Even if the court says they can’t revoke, the court has no power to stop them.
Sure they do. Once revoked they can keep broadcasting. They get fined… they take that to court. If the court doesn’t uphold the fine, they don’t have to pay it.
Even when you’re totally innocent it costs money to fight a claim or indictment. I have a strong suspicion there will be a record level of government spending on lawsuits in the next 4 years.
Sure… but what else is a network without a license to broadcast going to do with all it’s money. Though really, all they have to do is keep broadcasting. The feds will probably have to sue them.
Sure they do… The courts can take away their enforcement powers
Say the FCC revokes your license and the courts rule they couldn’t. They can fine you all day, but if they don’t have the right, you can ignore it or get it thrown out in a lower court. If they come in and break your equipment, you can sue them. We have a right to a redress of grievances
The problem is, the courts are in a bad state
If the lawsuit is shit you must aquit.
The world would be a much better place if that (and the inverse) was true…
Going the next step, FCC licenses only have as their paper. If people want to broadcast, the only thing stopping them will be their own grit against whatever the gov’t wants to throw at them, be it a few lawyers or SWAT teams.
The FCC doesn’t matter if the document that founds its source of power and force doesn’t matter.
When first amendment rights fail, when a peaceful democratic system that is supposed to protect you, fails, theres only one solution to reverse this, that is to [Redacted By lemmy.world Admins]!
Now, now, you don’t want to be uncivil to the feds who have their boot on your neck!
Simply consult an earlier document that speaks of governmental change and when it becomes necessary. The Declaration of Independence spoke about a different ruling body with different infractions upon the people, but the logic is the same.
…that is to rock back and forth in the fetal position in a dark corner, crying softly?
Its so funny the way he accuses everyone of going after him personally with witch hunts and all and the way republicans talk about choosing winners and losers. Projection really defines this party.
Because it works.
Think of when you were a kid. When you and your siblings got into a fight and ran to mommy, who won? Whatever kid got to mommy first. Mommy really didn’t care about the story itself. Whoever got there first won, and the rest were told “stop annoying your brother.” And then when they do exactly what you just got in trouble for, mommy just said not to make up stories and accuse your brother of doing what you just got in trouble for. Any attempt at defending yourself was often met with “I said enough! Now go to your room before you get grounded.”
Same thing applies here. Trump has mastered the political equivalent of running to mommy (the public) first. Trump has mastered the art of accusing everybody else of doing what he either is doing or intends to do, knowing full well that any attempts at holding him accountable will look like petty sour grapes. And the rest of the party have been taking notes.
When you and your siblings got into a fight and ran to mommy, who won?
I did. I had the longest memory and was the meanest son of a bitch in the family.
Trump’s a whiner and a liar. But he wouldn’t stand a chance against an organized and committed mass opposition. And anyone who cares how that might look to the average Fox viewer isn’t committed.
He does it so he thinks everybody does.
Yep. The minute the qons started up with the qanon narratives, I was pretty sure prominent members of the qons are trafficking kids. I’m also not entirely certain that they are not trying to utilize adrenochrome somehow…
As always it’s projection. Trump is a witch hunter.
I thought these people were all “free speech absolutists”?
Or does that only apply when companies are trying to pump the brakes on spreading Kremlin agitprop to divide this country and hand it to the likes of Putin’s puppet, donvict?
Donvict. I like that and am going to steal it.
Straight out of the fascist playbook.
It’s why all the big media billionaires are lubing their asses and bending over for Trump
A shame not one is choosing to use their powers for good.
Bet, pirate meshed SDR broadcasts it is. Evil can be powerful, but never endures.
Is the First Amendment going to grab Pig Boy by the lapel and punch him in hte face? Because last I checked, there are no self-enforcing laws made by humans. Laws of physics, yeah, but they’re descriptive rather than prescriptive so aren’t really the same thing.
Pirate radio news here we fucking come.
YouTube?
Any oligarch owned media should be avoided.
Any oligarch owned media should be avoided.
Bulldozed.
And here we are on a decentralized sharing service.
So, everything.
Oh yeah? And which of those amendments put this traitor in prison? Oh wait, he won the election??? Fuck waiting for laws to control the rich and powerful.
freedom of speech/press/religion was fun while it lasted
Lol Constitution.
