Parker MolloyFeb 21, 2023

Police arrested a man for making fun of police, SCOTUS approves.

Where's the "free speech" brigade when the state is actually censoring speech? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-ohio-mans-bid-sue-police-arrest-facebook-parody-rcna70435 #FreeSpeech #SCOTUS

Supreme Court rejects Ohio man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody

Supreme Court declines to hear a qualified immunity case involving a claim that Parma, Ohio, police violated a man's rights by arresting him for Facebook posts.

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Show threadDutchFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy Can you name any member of the “free speech brigade” who isn’t against this on its face? I think they’d all agree with you…
Show threadParker Molloy
@me It's not about whether or not they'd agree or not, it's a matter of whether they'll actually speak up. And they almost never do. They only care enough to write about important things like "college students were a bit over the top at a protest" and whatnot.
Feb 21, 2023 at 4:45pmWeb
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 21, 2023
@me Here's an example of that in action: https://www.readtpa.com/p/free-speech-enthusiast-matt-yglesias
Free Speech Enthusiast Matt Yglesias Refers to Book Bans as "Identity Politics for Librarians"

Starting to think some of the Free Speech Brigade don't actually care about "free speech"

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