What free speech in the USA does and doesn't cover

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BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:38 am Oh yeah. Obscenities not protected by free speech. I'd imagine that's another conservative measure exclusive to America's right-wing development that UK and the rest of Europe kinda laugh at us about.
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Face sitting "sucks."
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I thought the 'obscenity' thing is what Larry Flint went to jail for several times?

Basically if anything you do is disliked it can be labelled obscene and blocked.
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Nealithi wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:41 pm I thought the 'obscenity' thing is what Larry Flint went to jail for several times?

Basically if anything you do is disliked it can be labelled obscene and blocked.
It's still better and not the same as explicitly saying "anything that's disliked" though.
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Slash Gallagher wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:15 am
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:38 am Oh yeah. Obscenities not protected by free speech. I'd imagine that's another conservative measure exclusive to America's right-wing development that UK and the rest of Europe kinda laugh at us about.
The UK just started the porn licence for the net crazyness and at some point they banned the depiction of facesitting than it was overturned.
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Yeah, that Fire in a Movie theater ruling comes from a decision that was literally defending the indefensible. It has no credibility with me.
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