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.
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1 SnapshillBot 2018-12-08
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 k0lo0 2018-12-08
We should replace TayTay with her, she's much cuter and her music is better too.
1 Neon_needles 2018-12-08
The fuck?
1 k0lo0 2018-12-08
what's wrong?
1 dudeWares 2018-12-08
you
1 k0lo0 2018-12-08
why?
1 dudeWares 2018-12-08
The only good music Scotland ever made is Chelsea Dagger
1 McFluffTheCrimeCat 2018-12-08
Chvrches on my drama? If you like her, you’d probably enjoy meg mac to. Her cover of “let it happen” by tame impala is great.
1 TontoGoldbergCA 2018-12-08
Who?
1 McFluffTheCrimeCat 2018-12-08
She’s the lead singer of a band called chvrches. Here’s her song recover- on triple j/like a version, do I wanna know by the attic monkeys cover on like a version, and if you want an actual set she’s been on NPRs tiny desk concert. She’s a synth queen but she’s good.