If you support free speech, you must support people pinging other users. It's completely legal speech. If you won't defend pinging as free speech because you or someone else finds it disgusting, then no speech that you or anyone else views as disgusting is safe.
if it is in fact on shaky legal ground it's reasonable to not want to be the case that establishes it as illegal.
It's not, The reddit admins are straight up lying to the ignorant (like yourself) to justify their prejudice. Pinging being protected speech has long since been estabilished, as it has undeniable artistic merit. The only time it's been included under any obscenity laws is when someone is being charged with possession of harassment, so the state can slap them with more charges. The courts have been very careful to not charge anyone for pinging, because they'd get their asses fucking annihilated by a higher court due to the firm precedence of pinging being completely legal speech. /r/Drama had nothing to worry about, this guy was just making shit up to fool people into thinking his censoring wasn't entirely personally motivated.
Whatever that thing is that says internet discussions eventually devolve into Hitler comparisons should be reworded to Reddit discussions about whether or not women have penises
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1 BussyShillBot 2018-11-20
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1 SnapshillBot 2018-11-20
If you support free speech, you must support people pinging other users. It's completely legal speech. If you won't defend pinging as free speech because you or someone else finds it disgusting, then no speech that you or anyone else views as disgusting is safe.
It's not, The reddit admins are straight up lying to the ignorant (like yourself) to justify their prejudice. Pinging being protected speech has long since been estabilished, as it has undeniable artistic merit. The only time it's been included under any obscenity laws is when someone is being charged with possession of harassment, so the state can slap them with more charges. The courts have been very careful to not charge anyone for pinging, because they'd get their asses fucking annihilated by a higher court due to the firm precedence of pinging being completely legal speech. /r/Drama had nothing to worry about, this guy was just making shit up to fool people into thinking his censoring wasn't entirely personally motivated.
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1 boyoyoyoyong 2018-11-20
We're doomed
1 tHeSiD 2018-11-20
"dude! There is a fucking comet on its way to earth! We are all fucked!"
"ackually I'm a woman now so please respect my pronouns"
"OK whatever get in the fucking bunker "
"ackually no, you are a cis male and you can't order me around! This is 2016! I'm not getting into that rape bunker of yours!"
"dude you are gonna die!!"
"misgendering me again. Huh!?"
*opens twitter, takes photo, begins to write a reee message *
Comet hits
1 MySecretPostOffice 2018-11-20
Nice fanfic.
1 NormanImmanuel 2018-11-20
Watermelons gonna watermelon.
1 dramasexual 2018-11-20
Killing the human race to own the transphobes 😎
1 orangetato 2018-11-20
Whatever that thing is that says internet discussions eventually devolve into Hitler comparisons should be reworded to Reddit discussions about whether or not women have penises
1 EasySchmitty 2018-11-20
I feel like advocates for stopping climate change can get more done if they stop letting commies speak for them.
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-11-20
What is the carbon footprint for mtf/ftm surgery?
1 xcallmesunshine 2018-11-20
To be fair, since they usually become sterile - its probably carbon negative. Shit, maybe they are right...
1 TAinting_CHarmer 2018-11-20
Trankies