Posted on 10/10/2016 1:27:57 PM PDT by Kaslin
Leftist publications and pundits are rubbing their hooves in glee at the Department of Justice’s response to our recent lawsuit challenging Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides immunity from lawsuits to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, thereby permitting these social media giants to engage in government-sanctioned censorship and discriminatory business practices free from legal challenge.
In order for us to sue Facebook (which is our intent), we first need to knock out this federal immunity statute, which prevents us from suing Facebook. Our lawsuit is therefore against the federal government. We knock out the immunity, and then we can sue Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
In response, the Justice Department simply tried to dodge the issue, saying we were suing the wrong entity. Our lawyers are preparing a full-throated response, but meanwhile, the left is crowing: this little hit piece about our case is filled with hyperbole and nonsense. The government filed a very predictable motion that, unsurprisingly, raises two issues: our standing to sue and state action. To have standing to sue, one must show an injury in fact that is fairly traceable to the action one is challenging, and that can be redressed by the court. The government concedes in its motion that we have shown that.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The establishment news media is a more malignant threat to the safety of U.S. citizens than any hostile, foreign entity.
“The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for f*ckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.”
—HUNTER S. THOMPSON, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
It’s essential to the Left to maintain the capacity to censor opposing viewpoints, lest someone, somewhere, realize that Leftists have nothing coherent to say.
Correct
Hunter did have a way with words.
...and to Free Republic. Without Section 230, FR would be sued out of existence (the way the Canadian Free Dominion website was).
Section 230 of the CDA has nothing to do with the "establishment news media." It provides legal protection to internet websites, such as FR.
“Leftist publications and pundits are rubbing their hooves in glee” . . . . . .
Nicely turned phrase, evoking images of Satan, et al.
It does indeed and proves that the liberals are evil
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