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  • naughty words are protected speech in the US.

    Where did I say it should be illegal? I said I hate them, which is my right. Also, you seem to think that just because someone has the "right" to do something, that means other people should just shut up and take it. That's not how rights work.

    Freedom of speech just means what you say isn't against the law and that you generally won't be arrested for it. That doesn't mean you won't face social consequences.

    Charlie Kirk had the right to say what he wanted to say. Tyler Robinson killed him. What Tyler did was illegal, so he will be arrested, tried, and sent to prison or receive the death penalty if convicted and if applicable under the law. Actions have consequences—that's how the legal system works.

    At the same time, however, it's also my right, or someone else's right, to celebrate Charlie Kirk's death if they want. If someone wants to say a racial slur, they can, but they can also suffer the consequences of it, whether that means being humiliated on the internet, shunned by society, cut off from family, or fired from their job. Fucking around and finding out isn't always illegal.

    a guy walking around with a camera in a public place, not hurting anyone, just saying words, is protected activity in the US

    do they have the right to go around taking pictures and recording public spaces? Yes. Do I have to feel bad if someone they record has a gun and shoots the auditor? No, I do not. It's also my right to express that opinion, and if I want, it's my right to donate my hard-earned money to that person's legal defense fund.

    Yes, they have the legal right to do that. We, as a society or a group of people, have a right to shun that person. If a First Amendment auditor gets cancer, it is my right to get champagne and celebrate that. That's how rights work.

    Saying a naughty racial word doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a racist

    "Saying a naughty racial word doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a racist"

    Yeah, yeah, it does. If I constantly called disabled people ableist slurs, what would that make me? Ableist. If a rich person constantly calls lower-class, working-class, and middle-class people slurs based on their class, what are they? Classist.

  • when I see that many words I assume it’s AI generated.

    The fact that you aren't intelligent enough or literate enough to write something with 'a lot of words' doesn't mean others are as low-IQ as you. Just because you aren't smart enough to write doesn't mean others are like you.

  • Are first amendment auditors some kind of trend on YouTube or something?

    Yes, the First Amendment generally protects the right to photograph and record places and people in public areas. Most of the time, people associate this with filming police officers or government officials. However, many self-described First Amendment auditors on YouTube don't focus on that. Instead, they go outside schools (yes, even elementary and middle schools), restaurants, small businesses, hospitals, and other public places. They record and take pictures of people going about their daily lives.

    Imagine the paparazzi, except they aren't getting paid. In my view, they're harassing working-class, middle-class, and generally ordinary people because they want a reaction.

    chud the builder

    He's a racist streamer. He goes around Nashville calling Black people the N-word and other racial slurs to get a reaction. It's the same thing that, in my view, many First Amendment auditors do, except instead of using racial slurs, they record people to provoke a reaction.

  • should have simple, factual answers but the other party refuses and instead uses a lot of words to dance around giving a direct answer.

    Yes, but some questions aren't simple "yes or no" questions. For example, one Republican asked, "Do you support it being legal to abort an unborn child up to the moment of birth?" That's not really a yes-or-no question, and I think it's a poorly framed one.

    Even where abortion is legal, there are generally legal limits, often somewhere between 4 and 24 weeks, depending on the jurisdiction. If a woman chooses to continue the pregnancy, she's not going to reach her due date and suddenly decide, for absolutely no reason, "I'm going to have an abortion." If she decided she didn't want to raise the baby, she would give birth and place the child for adoption. The only situations where an abortion that late in a pregnancy occurs are severe medical emergencies, where doctors are trying to save the mother's life or address a catastrophic pregnancy complication.

    So, that question is, in my opinion, misleading and doesn't have a simple "yes or no" answer. If you watch the hearing, the witness starts to answer the question, and then the politician interrupts them. How can you know what their answer was if they aren't allowed to finish?

    The mature thing to do in a conversation is to let someone answer the question. If they dance around the answer, then say, "Okay, I hear you, but you didn't actually answer my question, so let me ask it again." But if I start to answer and only get half a word out before you interrupt me, that's not how you have a conversation. They don't even have time to dodge the question.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Why don't politicians during a hearing let the person they are questioning actually answer questions and speak?

  • Have you ever met anyone who got annoyed at you for asking slightly different versions of the same question?

    Have you ever—and this is something extremely simple you could do—just ignored me? I know it might be a concept that's hard for you to understand, but you could easily block me. It's actually a very, very, very, very simple concept.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Have any of you ever met someone that didn’t know who Michael Jackson was or at least couldn’t put a face to him?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    What's the difference between ignorance and stupidity?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Why do some people identify with a political party even if many of their views don't align with that party's platform?

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world

    Whenever a parent is seen treating their kid like shit, and they or someone responds with, "Do you have a kid?" it's such a braindead argument.

  • Because a film or television show, regardless of the quality, is to be experienced with full focus. You aren't supposed to wander off or daydream when watching something. You are supposed to take in the characters, dialogue, cinematography, animation, etc., take in the story, and follow it. Escape into that world, not focus on anything else. That's how you watch something.

  • You are implying that they are rude because they have ADHD

    I didn't say they were 'rude.' Them not paying attention to a movie does not affect anyone else. I'm not saying that's 'rude.' I'm saying not paying full attention to a movie, a play, a show, or whatever is a waste of time and no way to watch a film.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    How can people with ADHD possibly enjoy movies if they daydream and can't focus on the movie?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Is it possible for someone in America to not know who Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi is?

  • adderall

    What does adderall have to do with this post?

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world

    The 'anti-woke' crowd are not real film fans, and no, they are not film critics. They should be ignored.

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world

    SpongeBob SquarePants is an insufferable, annoying character, and Squidward and Mrs. Puff are innocent victims of his nuisance.