petersuberKudos to #California.
What is your state doing to identify and avoid the #textbooks revised to ingratiate #Florida extremists?
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌@petersuber Florida's Constitution-beater DeSantis & his junta need to be expressly reminded, that the First Amendment also applies to the state of Florida & its anti-constitutional governor & regime:
=> Gitlow v. New York (1925), SCOTUS ruling.
"Congress shall make no law... ...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;..."
#RuleOfLaw #FreedomOfExpression #EducationMatters #HistoryMatters #RogueDeSantis #RemoveRon #DefraudingAmerica #BetrayingAmerica #StupefactionOfPeople
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@ArenaCops @petersuber I’m not an American, so I may be off, but I don’t think this specific incident counts as censorship. In this instance they’re saying that they won’t buy the books unless they’re printed the way they like them. The company is free to print them, but they’ll have to sell them elsewhere. It’s market pressure rather than censorship. Which is why the CA letter is so perfect. They’re forcing them to choose a market, and CA is a bigger one.
John O’Donnell@cautionwip @ArenaCops @petersuber
You, as a customer, has the right to choose what you consume, be it food, media, or anything else, within the law. Does the, or a, state have the right to decide this however?
This is something that the US, and it’s constitutional right to free expression, are having to deal with.
Now you can have issues with any law you want, but at least they were voted on by the representatives of the people.
You, as a customer, has the right to choose what you consume, be it food, media, or anything else, within the law. Does the, or a, state have the right to decide this however?
This is something that the US, and it’s constitutional right to free expression, are having to deal with.
Now you can have issues with any law you want, but at least they were voted on by the representatives of the people.
@cautionwip @ArenaCops @petersuber
You can ask where was this vote on censorship, and the abridgement of constitutional rights?
You can ask where was this vote on censorship, and the abridgement of constitutional rights?
@Jodami @ArenaCops @petersuber Ummm..as someone not in the US, as I said, I’m unfamiliar with the finer points. I’m just pointing out that it’s not direct censorship (though it is in practice, obviously). Not quite sure what you were saying there. 🤷🏽
@cautionwip @ArenaCops @petersuber
Me neither, to be honest. I do find the US Constitution darkly amusing, when you consider it was signed by slave owners.
Me neither, to be honest. I do find the US Constitution darkly amusing, when you consider it was signed by slave owners.
@Jodami @ArenaCops @petersuber Yah, we still have a bloody monarch here and we just re-wrote our constitution 40 years ago. It’s quite embarrassing.
@cautionwip @ArenaCops @petersuber
We don’t have a constitution, and we are paying for the monarchy.
On the other hand, we have an unelected second chamber with bishops in it.
None of it seems to make any difference, you always end up with rich folks making the decisions.
We don’t have a constitution, and we are paying for the monarchy.
On the other hand, we have an unelected second chamber with bishops in it.
None of it seems to make any difference, you always end up with rich folks making the decisions.
@cautionwip @petersuber Removing or excluding historical & other relevant information from textbooks for "ideological" reasons IS censorship, dude!
What Florida's DeSantis & other "GOP" wannabe-Mussolinis like TX's Abbott are engaging in here is rebellion against the Constitution & the authority of the Union/ United States, starting with disenlightening the citizens of the states, they fraudulently gained power over.
And "freedom of the press", which shall not be abridged by congressional laws, clearly refers not only to newspapers & TV stations (within admissible limits), but also to *print media* like textbook used for valuable educational purposes.
#DefendAmerica #DefendDemocracy #Democracy #FreeSpeech #YourVoiceMatters #YouMatter #GOPCensors #ProsecuteALLRebels
Sorry I wasn’t clear. Obviously this is censorship in practical terms, no disagreement. I’m just wondering if it passes the barrier for the legal qualifications of the term “censorship”, ie using the direct power of the government to prevent them from printing it in the first place. Does “flexing our market share strength” qualify for a legal challenge to be mounted.
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