Is there a First Amendment right to assemble in the metaverse?:
In front of Samsung's headquarters this February, dozens of protesters marched in red shirts with "MoneyFestation" written on the front, holding signs that say, "I Have A Scream."
The shirt was designed by Azerbaijani poet and artist Babi Badalov. Combining the words money, infestation, and manifestation, Badalov and supporters were rallying to criticize rampant capitalism and consumerism.
But the protest didn't take place in the Samsung headquarters in South Korea; instead, it was at their digital headquarters in the virtual town of Decentraland within the depths of the metaverse.
The protesters were digital avatars, and their shirts were minted non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that were distributed among the protesters for free as a commentary on the commodification of art.
[...] Schweiger said the group was protesting big tech companies that are encroaching on what is supposed to be decentralized, digital land.
Corporations such as Samsung act in contradiction to the decentralization of the internet, which Superflus sees as a major actor in "colonizing [the metaverse], bringing along consumerism, (digital) inequality, exclusion, and extraction."
[...] The new and exciting ways to protest in the metaverse also bring a new set of challenges and concerns. As extended reality technology continues to develop and become more ubiquitous, there are questions about human rights within virtual reality.
"We got a message from [Decentraland's] legal department if we were in contact with the artist before uploading this [NFT]," Schweiger said. "So, there is actually people gatekeeping and monitoring."
[...] This raises privacy and surveillance concerns for many who choose to participate in virtual protests, whether through metaverse servers or through using AR glasses.
"The general stance on this surveillance is that it will ultimately kill free speech," Mir explained. "[If you are] going to a protest and you'll have your face put into a database that may be used against you, you're probably not going to go to protests."
VR headsets and AR glasses can collect personal data in a much deeper way than our regular devices. Not only can it track your location, but it can also monitor your mind and behavior by collecting what is known as "egocentric" data.
[...] As a new and evidently viable platform for protests, it's important that people's First Amendment rights are protected within the metaverse. As we enter this new frontier of digital resistance, the same societal issues we face in the real world of inequality, exploitation, and censorship still remain. It's essential that people are able to maintain their ability to speak out on such injustices.
"The problems of the physical world are also very much the problems of the digital world," Schweiger said.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @09:00AM (1 child)
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(Score: 1, Offtopic) by MIRV888 on Friday May 06 2022, @10:29AM
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by PiMuNu on Friday May 06 2022, @09:17AM (5 children)
ps: Please don't use metaverse as a word. This is facebook marketing. I expect it from BBC, but not from SN.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @09:32AM
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(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Friday May 06 2022, @11:49AM
At least call it metastasis.
(Score: 2, Touché) by FatPhil on Saturday May 07 2022, @10:10AM (2 children)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2, Touché) by PiMuNu on Saturday May 07 2022, @02:24PM (1 child)
The difference is, metaverse is a non-existent thing that has become in the last 3 months a substitute for "all 3d online stuff". It's like facebook just clicked their collective fingers and suddenly everyone is talking about their proprietary 3d rendered stuff. But (e.g.) VRML has been around since before I was online, MMORPGs exist, etc etc. So why is metaverse suddenly a thing? Facebook marketing department detected!
Whereas, when I talk about facebook I am specifically referring to an evil social media platform.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday May 08 2022, @08:03AM
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by bradley13 on Friday May 06 2022, @09:18AM (33 children)
This is a stupid questions, as are virtually all "first amendment" questions. The first amendment applies to the US government. Not to private entities. Not to other governments.
A far better point to make, would be to point out that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
"Through any media", so of course this applies to the metaverse. The larger problem is that there isn't a single government that doesn't censor people. Some do it indirectly, by encouraging or even forcing private organizations to be the censors (that's the US approach). Some do it more directly.
tl;dr: Sure the first amendment applies. The US government won't censor your speech in the metaverse, but Meta certainly will.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by adamantine on Friday May 06 2022, @10:26AM (8 children)
Except when the media, the public space, is colonized by property rights. This is what happened when the town square somehow ended up inside a shopping mall, and persons attempting to impart information found themselves arrested, by a government, at the behest of the property owners. Similar things have already happened when things like Facebook become a defacto monopoly on internet access, by design or not, and then sought to stifle speech, or at least "modify" it. This new "virtual reality space" (Zuckerverse?) just makes the analogy to shopping malls more relevant, and the First Amendment issues more pertinent.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @08:14PM (6 children)
As you point out, a shopping mall is private property. Private property owners have the right to regulate what happens on their property. I'm sure you would have to agree with this. If not, contemplate the possibility that the Klan wants to hold a rally on your front lawn. Now do you see why your thesis concerning unlimited free speech rights could be problematic?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by adamantine on Saturday May 07 2022, @07:40AM (1 child)
Property is an evil thing. Some with property attempt to stop others from speaking the truth about that property. But that is why, when a person's private property, is public stuff, they can no longer claim the right to control speech about them. Kim Kardashian is a khallow loving bimbo! There! I said it. But you see, libel laws insist on several things, falsity, intentional falsity, plausible truth, and actual damage. So careful how public you do become, or you may not own yourself, as much as you think you do.
Remember, all you livertarians, property rights are something you have because the rest of society agrees to allow them. Social convention, not natural rights. We could change our minds.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 08 2022, @05:11PM
I'll be happy to relieve you of those burdensome evil things.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @08:00AM (3 children)
Klan hardly ever asks for permission, though they might send invites to their members. No, the point is more the obligations of fair trade. If, and this is the issue, if, you allow anyone to frequent your premisses, you must allow all to do so, regardless of all those things Republicans hate, race, creed (very important these days), gender, height, handedness, and so on, because you have made yourself a public forum by being open for "bidness". This is the same reason that SN does not have a leg to stand on, or a pot to piss in, or a Runaway to molest, because as a public forum, that allows ACs, they have no legal grounds to exclude aristarchus. aristarchus knows this. janrinok knows this. Runaway would know this if she were not an ignorant moron thinking someone was stalking her because she carries "the Precious". Look, a .45ACP Colt 1911 is not unique, and hardly special.
And, we all know that Runaway's IRL name is Paul Sherman, of 148 Wallaby Way, 119 Big River Road, DeQueen/Nashville, Arkansas. Supreme court is going to rule that there is no right to privacy, and then the full details of P. Sherman will be released all over the Internets. I hope she does not plan any illegal surgical operations. Like the Final Re-assignment operation? Runaway? Say it is not true, ex-guy!
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 08 2022, @12:29AM (2 children)
Let's push this one to +5,
Spam^W Aristarchus(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 08 2022, @03:07AM (1 child)
Problem is, there is no guarantee that this is aristarchus, or that he should be Spam Modded (other than the Wrath of Janrinok!). Besides, spam mod shows up as -1, so lets say six of us upmod to get this post to +5 Aristarchus, the actual karma of the spam mod is -10, so despite of the valiant effort of Soylentils on the side of truth, the poor AC is still down by -4. Well, not the AC, per se, but the unhashed, now clearly identifiable IP from which this post was posted. Censorship is just so difficult on a system designed to interpret censorship as damage, and route around it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2022, @08:29PM
And, Wow! Double Spam mod! That's like -20! This poor AC must be roo-ing the day he ever began to post on SN!
(Score: 2) by gznork26 on Friday May 06 2022, @11:22PM
So, if I understand this correctly, the first amendment only applies to actions by the government against a person who is not on private property. A clever way to reduce free speech would then be to encourage people who intend to conduct such suspect speech to do so on private property. Framing the interior of a shopping mall as a replacement for the public square plays out as a trap where such speech can be suppressed. With technology, enticing people into a different kind of private property, such as Meta's digital universe, has the same effect.
So in order to exercise free speech, a person needs to either be on government owned property, property that nobody owns, or property owned by an entity (person or corporate) that permits such exercise to be conducted on their property. Which category was the historical Internet in, by which I mean what we had prior to the web being commercialized in 1993? Even then, the BBSes on FIDOnet were owned by someone, but their attitude towards what happened on them was different, if I recall correctly. And then all of the walled gardens sprung up, enticing people to step onto corporate-controlled virtual property.
The streets are still the only property in developed areas that are clearly not owned by anyone or anything other than some government.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 06 2022, @10:47AM (22 children)
That being so, then we need to use the proper terminology, and define 'freedom of speech' in a manner that imparts genuine freedom of speech to common people around the world.
As adamantine points out, the Town Square is being taken over by corporate interests, and the common man is being frozen out. The Town Square is rapidly becoming an echo chamber, in which you are permitted to parrot the party line, and everything else is silenced.
But, I think that you are mistaken. The US government is putting the Ministry of Truth in place, to actively silence dissenting voices. So, yes, the 2nd Amendment is being violated right before our eyes. The US government is going to silence points of view which they find objectionable, with the full cooperation of the new owners of the Town Square.
If government and corporations were to silence the Nazi white supremacists, I would never miss them.
If government and corporations were to silence Islamic terrorists, I would never miss them.
If government and corporations were to silence the fringe Christian cults with their child brides, I would never miss them.
If government and corporations were to silence pedophiles on every forum, none of us would miss them.
But, when government and corporations come to silence me, there will be no one left to speak up.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday May 06 2022, @11:27AM (6 children)
I understand where you're coming from: In my younger years, a bunch of people I know got arrested for handing out leaflets in a mall. But I should point out that their lawyers didn't even try to argue the First Amendment applied, instead offering the defense that handing out leaflets was an act to prevent a much more important crime committed by Footlocker, and the law allows you to commit minor crimes to prevent major crimes (they lost their case and paid a small fine for trespassing).
I also understand where the companies are coming from, because if you don't censor speech on a forum, it eventually becomes a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Scum and villains are desperately looking for places where they can meet and talk freely with each other about their hobbies like raping teenagers or threatening to murder public officials, so as soon as they find a place that allows it they're going to take advantage of it, and then everybody else leaves because they don't want to read about that.
Heck, even this relatively permissive forum censored somebody (for good reason IMO given what they were trying to do), and has a moderation mechanism that tends to hide the trolls and spammers so that most users on the site don't have to wait through anti-Semitic rants.
Are you arguing that the Metaverse should allow everyone to carry real guns somehow into virtual space?
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 06 2022, @11:34AM (5 children)
That was a typo on my part. "So, yes, the 1st Amendment is being violated right before our eyes."
But, yes, the 2nd amendment should apply to virtual space, as well. ;^)
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 3, Touché) by cmdrklarg on Friday May 06 2022, @06:06PM (2 children)
Hell yeah... no one cares if I open carry a BFG9000 since the only thing I can murder with it are 1s and 0s.
Answer now is don't give in; aim for a new tomorrow.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @07:43PM (1 child)
In the metaverse, I plan on keeping a thermonuclear bomb with me at all times. Everyone, fear me!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @12:53AM
Vlad, haven't you got a special operation to watch over, posting to SN may also be prohibited by sanctions by now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @07:22PM
^ brought to you by the 2nd dumbest user on SN ;-D
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @10:16PM
So this is what the ammosexuals are calling being "triggered" these days? You are an obvious butthole, Runaway1956!
(Score: 2, Troll) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 06 2022, @04:10PM (9 children)
Aristarchus was censored to protect your private information.
Do you approve of that censorship or disapprove it?
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 06 2022, @11:16PM (8 children)
You mean censured? Yeah, he was that. But, you really ought to get your facts straight. There's a lot of stuff that went on behind the curtains, via email and on IRC. aristarchus was not banned for his misconduct toward me. He was banned for all his behind-the-curtains asshattery.
Do I approve of how admin dealt with him? Well, it's not really my place to approve or disapprove, but, yeah, I think admin has done well. I'm still left with legal options, if I should ever decide to pursue them.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @02:11AM
I understand that a group of crack lawyers are putting together a suit alleging that Runaway, by fraud and perjury, did conspire with the admin of SoylentNews to deprive aristarchus of her civil rights.
(Score: 4, Informative) by janrinok on Saturday May 07 2022, @08:08AM (6 children)
Runaway1956 is wrong.
Runaway1956 does NOT speak on behalf of this site, nor he is able to say what discussions took place or how decisions were reached by the site's Administration.
aristarchus was banned for doxxing. His temporary ban, issued in the Decision [soylentnews.org] was changed to a permanent ban because he did not accept the conditions of the former. Had he done so, his ban would have been finished.
Runaway1956 - if you insist on keeping your arguments with aristarchus going then at least take them to your journal. They are 'Off-Topic' here.,
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @09:14AM
OH shit! Runaway is wearing on the patience of the Admins she lied to, about all the doxxing, and phishing, and anal sex. So when will they finally ban the old geezer, with the early onset? I, for one, could do with less of her opinions on things she clearly knows nothing about.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday May 07 2022, @10:06AM (4 children)
So, I wasn't wrong then.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Saturday May 07 2022, @10:35AM (3 children)
No, he was banned for doxxing. He was already banned, albeit temporarily, before he took the path he chose to take. His ban subsequently changed to permanent because he failed to comply with the conditions imposed upon him. He was told of this possible consequence in the Decision. You were not party to any of the discussions that we held regarding this matter.
Both of these statements are incorrect. You are wrong.
Discussion closed. Email us at our usual address if you wish to continue arguing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @07:12PM (2 children)
I for one am glad we have somebody to protect us from the things worse than unending torrents of antisemitic, racist, and sexist filth: philosophy, eBay crossposting, and heliocentricism.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @10:24PM
I happen to know for a fact that aristarchus neither accepted, nor rejected, any "choice" that was offered. And once again, janrinok's Ari Radar® allowed him to think that aristarchus was behaving so and so, but without any real evidence that was presented to the community. The whole thing has been a setup by Runaway, and janrinok is just starting to realize he has been played like a fiddle.
(Score: -1, Troll) by adamantine on Sunday May 08 2022, @09:49AM
Right! God, I hated the philosophy the most. Pretending to have thought deeply about all that shit, and using thought to solve problems, and a modicum of background liberal arts education! The hole thing was so fake. I trust Runaway more, being what he is so smart and edumacated and all.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @07:56PM
Hai, Runaway!
Yours,
aristarchus
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @09:26PM (1 child)
Incorrect. Because Nazi white supremacists are first to get censored in your scenario, all the Islamic terrorists, fringe Christian cults, and pedophiles will still be around to speak up on your behalf.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 08 2022, @05:30PM
If those groups take over, I doubt I'd be able to speak as freely. So I'd say the optimal long term solution for me actually isn't max free speech for everyone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 08 2022, @05:21PM (1 child)
You really believe the Nazis and Islamic terrorists would speak up for you? I doubt I can count on them to speak up for me.
So as a pragmatist living in the real world and not an idiot idealist I'd say speak up for those who would speak up for you and groups you like. Don't speak up for those who would silence you and groups you like. Unless of course it suits your purposes.
Modern Germany has been suppressing the Nazis in a big way for decades, and that hasn't seemed to have hurt Germany that much.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 08 2022, @08:30PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_... [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @08:07PM
Indeed. Never have so many put forth so much effort to argue for something of such little consequence.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @09:40AM
Ezekiel 23:20:
20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
(Score: 2) by MIRV888 on Friday May 06 2022, @10:25AM
The gatekeepers / watchers are already firmly entrenched here in the real world via the tech we already use.
It remains to be seen if VR will become ubiquitous. AR almost certainly will. Tony Stark glasses would be really useful (albeit creepy).
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @11:59AM (20 children)
Their shirts were NFTs?
I mean look, when you're a cis+het guy and you just want to have a lesbian make-out session, VR is great. I'm sure this causes feminists no end of angst, which is a bonus. But how can the working class struggle this way?
I think we'll be keeping our protests against the end of Roe v. Wade in meatspace, where it will cause people inconvenience and have visibility. As a bonus, we can then network and move the struggle to the next phase: a general strike to halt the flow of capital until a Constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion is passed.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 06 2022, @12:58PM (19 children)
Abortion properly belongs under the heading 'Women's Health Care'. If some of you would look past Roe v Wade, and examine how abortion is handled around the world, you might find some compromises that are palatable, or at least not unpalatable to the vast majority of people. Countries in Europe might be a good example. They never had Roe v Wade, and they have come to various compromises that don't look too horrible. Other countries beyond Europe never had Roe v Wade either, but their compromises are often as good.
I haven't found a single nation in the world that provides what the zealots in this country want. You seem to want any woman, every woman, be provided abortion services at any time, for any reason, without regard for her mental state, emotional state, or even physical state, right up until the day of delivery. The most socialistic nations in Europe, with the strongest women's rights, don't seem to provide that.
Some American abortion activists want this: https://slate.com/technology/2012/03/after-birth-abortion-the-pro-choice-case-for-infanticide.html [slate.com]
So, where does it end? What is the ultimate end game for abortion activists? At what point does a 'woman's right' begin to infringe on society's rights? Can we justify post-partum abortion when the kid is 15, 20, or even 25 years old? Mother goes crazy, and kills all of her children, and she gets to justify it as post-partum abortion?
And, let us not forget. Margaret Sanger was a racist bitch, whose aim was to rid the world of 'human weeds'. How many millions of black babies has her organization killed now?
I'll bet you have no idea what the demographics are for abortion.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @01:21PM (2 children)
You're a dumbshit, NPC-$int4. You want to fight now, or will the 14th work better for you?
VR haptics aren't quite there yet, so punching Johnny Rebs in VR just doesn't give the same satisfaction.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @01:30PM (1 child)
I see that you are unable to address the issue, or any points, or much of anything else. Remember, boys and girls, when they resort to insults, they have lost whatever semblance of an argument they thought they had.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @03:30PM
Life is too short to endlessly refute the same old tired mendacious right-wing talking points. Deal with it.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 06 2022, @04:13PM
Roe v Wade says that your doctor patient confidentiality is a protected right because of privacy.
Since when are you opposed to privacy from the government?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by cmdrklarg on Friday May 06 2022, @06:01PM (11 children)
Zealots are people who should not be listened to, regardless of what topic is being discussed. Abortion rights are desired by a majority of people in the US, but only a very, very few are advocating for "after-birth abortion".
(It makes me laugh that you of all people would say you have an issue with a 63rd trimester abortion.)
With that out of the way, the best argument for abortion rights I've seen is the following quote (emphasis mine):
I myself hope that there will come a day when abortions are no longer needed. But until that day comes, it is a necessary procedure. The way forward is to give ready access to sex education and contraception (to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies), and financial support for families who choose to not abort a child they could not otherwise support. Better adoption policies would also help. Too bad the "pro-life" people stop giving a fuck after a baby is born.
Answer now is don't give in; aim for a new tomorrow.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @07:16PM
I think it's supposed to be up to 75, you have to include the pregnancy
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @08:02PM (3 children)
While I think that is a solid argument for allowing abortion in the case of rape, it seems to me to be a bit more ethically complicated when it comes to abortion in the case where she got a little sloppy with the contraception. Can you really say that the pregnancy was "against her will" in that case? I think a much better argument in that case is that government interference in a woman's medical care treats her as little more than a mere ward of the state. Autonomy is essential to allowing free persons to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Anyone who doubts me, just look at what is happening in places like Afghanistan to see what can go wrong if you take away the autonomy of half your population.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @08:18PM
Yes.
That was easy. Next question?
(Score: 2) by lentilla on Friday May 06 2022, @11:48PM (1 child)
It takes two to tango, even badly...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @09:24AM
OK, New law. Woman gets pregnant, and she did not intend to, we castrate the male responsible. Oh, and stuff his ballsack down his throat until he either dies, or learns to take personal responsibility for his actions, like a Good Republican. Maybe just make him keep the ballsack down for nine months. Seems fair.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 06 2022, @11:25PM (5 children)
That argument is bullshit. It denies a woman's humanity, and it denies nature. We could pull in loads of religious arguments but don't need to. The argument is just bullshit.
Now, we could have a more productive conversation if we were to discuss circumstances when abortions might be required, or desired.
Alas, your side doesn't want to have that discussion. It's all or nothing, right?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @02:14AM (4 children)
None of your damned business, Runaway. Do you want to discuss whether I should have this bit of melanoma removed? Do I need to consult with you and Ted Cruz about all my private medical decisions from now on?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday May 07 2022, @10:09AM (3 children)
When has that ever stopped anyone from anything? And, what business is it of yours what I think?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @03:09PM (1 child)
Because you want to control women's bodies. Anyone trying to go fascist, specially religio-fascist, is everyone's business since you fascists always interfere in the lives and rights of others.
Go fuck yourself you christian fascist.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @10:27PM
We might be coming for you, Runaway! They are already staking out Kavanaugh's house. You could be next. Nice of you to give us all a precise location.
(Score: -1, Spam) by adamantine on Sunday May 08 2022, @10:08AM
Never stopped Runaway from being an asshole. Now, occurs to me, that ol' Runaway's prostate needs a bit of looking after. Perhaps we need to have his private medical records turned over to the Little River Sheriff's Department, so they can cross list with the Red Flag alert and the TSC notice, and local reports about threatened violence and Church disruptions. No accident that Heisenberg started cooking the Meth after a bad diagnosis. So I think it is all of our business what is going on up and around the Runaway Rectum, and it could be a crime in Texas not to report it. I, for one, Remember the Royal Colon Polyp Shots we got with Reagan.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2022, @07:01PM (2 children)
Posting AC, because I have been Soylentaborted. Account disabled without so much as a "how do you do". My 2nd Amendment rights are being violated, just like Runaway's! Don't let Roe v. Wade be overturned, or even more of us will be terminated for no reason.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Saturday May 07 2022, @08:14AM (1 child)
How have we stopped you from owning or carrying a weapon? Just asking for the site.....
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @09:19AM
Bang!
Sorry, janrinok! I should have known that as a retired military, you might have Post Traumatic Syndrome Disease. But that is no reason to take away anyones god given gun, or abortion! Please accept my apologies, and restore aristarchus to his rightful rank.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday May 06 2022, @08:46PM (2 children)
If you're woke, there is.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @03:11PM (1 child)
How strange, you're one of those pUbLiC sQuARe ReGuLaTe BiG tEcH types, now you're glib and pretending farcebook is woke?
You're getting ditzy old man, less antagonism more wisdom is how humans are supposed to mature.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @10:30PM
It is only in the past few years that Phoenix666 has totally lost it. Trump years. Typical hemocyanin tragectory, "I was a liberal, but the left now is all authoritarian and won't let people express their alternate views about the inferiority of non-white races and women." Sad to witness such a precipitous mental decline. He has my condolences.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 07 2022, @12:33AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWxyNExKhHQ [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Saturday May 07 2022, @01:10AM
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...