@kenklippenstein@honeymoonaries Connor has been bullying (positive) JD Vance on Twitter to the point that JD has significantly decreased the amount that he tweets.
@megannn_lynne I’m sure you’ve read this before, but I find myself returning to this poem whenever things feel heavy. It helps me feel thankful for the chaos, even on the hard days
@therealconde@brendonvbb12 Due process in the courts is essential to our country. If ABC can be censored without it, we open the door for our own voices to be silenced the same way.
If speech is intended/likely to incite imminent violence, it fails the Court's Brandenburg test and can be legally censored.
@therealconde@brendonvbb12 Then the FCC can refer a case against ABC to the DoJ or issue a notice of liability to go through a formal process.
It’s not about responsibility, it’s about legality. What the FCC is doing with its threat is unconstitutional.
@therealconde@brendonvbb12 Alex Jones was hit for defamation by claiming the families of the children lost in Sandy Hook were crisis actors. The government did not have a role in censoring him beyond enforcing the suit.
The FCC, a government admin entity, threatened ABC's free speech.
@RealityFan2025@brendonvbb12 I don't speak for Brendon, but I interpreted it as a rebuke of Kirk's killing, separate from the political views of the killer. Whether he was leftist, MAGA, or something else entirely, it's unacceptable.
@RealityFan2025@brendonvbb12 ABC/Disney isn’t state run. The FCC’s threat to pull their license is unlawful because it cannot use licensing power to control speech for disliking a viewpoint. That makes the threat both an administrative and constitutional violation, regardless of ABC’s private response.