Activists warn of ‘creeping restrictions on expression’ as bill forbidding schools from displaying flags is expected to clear senate

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  • @[email protected]
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    297 months ago

    The really sneaky and shitty part of this bill is enabling private citizens to sue - the Supreme Court decided that this is a valid run around first amendment rights in Texas SB 8. Now Republicans are using this citizen enforcement in all sorts of stupid areas that otherwise would be subject to federal injunctions or review for first amendment violations.

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    7 months ago

    "So the values that I think most parents want their children exposed to are the ones that were in existence at the time that our country was founded.”

    Imagine a lawmaker unironically stating they want to undo all social progress since 1776.

    Thank Christ I don’t live in Tennessee.

    • @[email protected]
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      47 months ago

      I can imagine the schools after it rains.

      “Everyone away from the windows! Anyone who looks at that queer arch in the sky is getting detention!”

  • @[email protected]
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    97 months ago

    Think about how many levels of dumb this is. For instance (my very own pretend quotes): “rainbow flags contain bands of various colors. Therefore we are banning bands of various colors. We’re scared of colors!”

  • blazera
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    27 months ago

    Sorry class we were gonna be learning about refraction and the electrogmagnetic spectrum, but that is now forbidden knowledge.

  • DarkGamer
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    On the upside, this should ban Confederate flags as well