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JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
24. These bills are so broad brush
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 09:16 PM
Dec 2012

they simply can't survive a 'violation of free speech' argument in court. How did these bills even get past the legislative attorneys office?

I say keep protests polite and as generic as possible slackmaster Dec 2012 #1
Your 'protest' reads: muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #3
Thanks slackmaster Dec 2012 #30
Blank disabled hotlinks ThoughtCriminal Dec 2012 #56
Good - I had been hoping it was one of those signs muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #77
What a bunch of SH**! These people are sooo STUPID and pitiful. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #2
WTF was her crime?! tblue Dec 2012 #89
Amazing, isn't it. I still think many Americans still just don't get how outrageous RKP5637 Dec 2012 #92
So now the tax payers get to pay for the fucking shit. L0oniX Dec 2012 #4
I just ran across more shit as posted in #6 ... n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #8
If there isn't more to the incident JimDandy Dec 2012 #19
if the aclu has taken the case arely staircase Dec 2012 #21
8 days and counting for that? Brigid Dec 2012 #5
My first thought... 1monster Dec 2012 #15
Was there ever any doubt? RC Dec 2012 #57
Not once I saw the photo. Brigid Dec 2012 #63
Ding ding ding ding! Scootaloo Dec 2012 #75
Yep. Jack Rabbit Dec 2012 #83
I live in Berrien county and I can promise you that you are right. erinlough Dec 2012 #98
Cursing while black tavalon Dec 2012 #102
And not to be outdone! ""Arizona to make it illegal to use “offensive” language online?"" RKP5637 Dec 2012 #6
Fuck Arizona! Betsy Ross Dec 2012 #9
Definitely a state on my list to avoid. Not for vacation, not for anything except as a RKP5637 Dec 2012 #10
Well if you were in Arizona, you would've just broken the law! Chemisse Dec 2012 #20
How do they think they're going to enforce this? Brigid Dec 2012 #11
If you post a "naughty" word they'll come find you thru your ISP. xtraxritical Dec 2012 #62
"Fuck that shit" n/t L0oniX Dec 2012 #14
That'll get you 10 years in a corporate prison, but think of the jobs created. Hell, this RKP5637 Dec 2012 #23
These bills are so broad brush JimDandy Dec 2012 #24
Because they vote damn fools into office and think it's great. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #28
+1. But I was thinking... Wonder if profane words are copyrighted in AZ? freshwest Dec 2012 #34
Wow, could be!!! RKP5637 Dec 2012 #37
But the legislative attorneys JimDandy Dec 2012 #42
"The Attorney General’s Office brings and defends lawsuits RKP5637 Dec 2012 #46
Because they know that they won't pass muster tavalon Dec 2012 #103
Wait, this actually makes no logical sense. For example: Beartracks Dec 2012 #43
Arizona legalize, I guess ... RKP5637 Dec 2012 #47
Fox News classykaren Dec 2012 #50
Huh. Might have to find me a linux box and write a script, send them "Fuck H.B. 2549" a few jtuck004 Dec 2012 #58
Thank goodness this judge is protecting our freedoms! JusticeForAll Dec 2012 #7
“Take away the right to say 'fuck' and you take away the right to say 'fuck the government'.” Journeyman Dec 2012 #12
+1 Historic NY Dec 2012 #38
Except the AZ baggers are already doing that... freshwest Dec 2012 #45
fascistic move lunasun Dec 2012 #90
That won't eliminate oppression. Instead, there will be no buffer to mitigate or fight the groups... freshwest Dec 2012 #91
How true - I like the "Freedom" image u included!!! lunasun Dec 2012 #97
I didn't even have to look at the pic to know. power run amok, apparently--and from what I read niyad Dec 2012 #13
Niyad, prepare to be shocked (sarcasm) but this judge was appointed by a republican governor who okaawhatever Dec 2012 #53
colour me (pun intended) sooooooo not surprised. niyad Dec 2012 #55
I knew a similar case from the 90s Blue_Tires Dec 2012 #96
This part of Michigan is redneck central. BVictor1 Dec 2012 #16
lower western Michigan is very red, redneck, hillbilly LittleGirl Dec 2012 #54
I was with a friend in a courtroom when the judge broke for lunch DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #17
that's messed up arely staircase Dec 2012 #18
Why should she even be fined? What law did she break? JimDandy Dec 2012 #39
belligerently using profanities and causing a scene could be a minor breach of the peace arely staircase Dec 2012 #41
Guess she is lucky she didn't get the death penalty XanaDUer Dec 2012 #22
Jeez ... don't give them any ideas. What a F'ed up state to live in ... anymore, one has to be RKP5637 Dec 2012 #32
+1 same thought here lunasun Dec 2012 #64
I was talking to someone recently that had moved out of Michigan. Young, bright and RKP5637 Dec 2012 #67
the article states zabet Dec 2012 #25
Unconstitutional Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #26
right you are. Unbelievable. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #72
It's a good reminder to us all to keep giving to orgs such as the ACLU Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #80
petty tyranny, exactly BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #81
The SCOTUS has even ruled on it Tempest Dec 2012 #86
They have been slightly less accommodating about the cussing of judges Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #88
That's so wrong. n/t TDale313 Dec 2012 #27
Ain't America just the greatest!!! Yep, free speech, well, I guess that's only for the repressive RKP5637 Dec 2012 #29
Wow boguspotus Dec 2012 #31
I'm wondering if the ACLU took this case because of the denial of bail to a homeless person. Or one okaawhatever Dec 2012 #33
No H2O Man Dec 2012 #49
No, the artlicle at the link explains Cal Carpenter Dec 2012 #84
Well, Fuck this Shit, I dare say! Coyotl Dec 2012 #35
In the clerk's office? Deep13 Dec 2012 #36
We should all give 'em a call at: 269-983-7111 Th1onein Dec 2012 #40
She didn't stand a chance Isoldeblue Dec 2012 #44
Yeah, and meanwhile... ReRe Dec 2012 #48
She did move to Indiana... Moosepoop Dec 2012 #66
I was so mad... ReRe Dec 2012 #68
I think that might have been where this guy had lived that I mentioned in #67. I took RKP5637 Dec 2012 #70
Fuck that shit. I hope she sues and recovers a nice chunk of change from the clerk's office. nt SunSeeker Dec 2012 #51
I agree. oldbanjo Dec 2012 #52
If she'd been open carrying an AR=15, she'd be out now mainer Dec 2012 #59
Hope the judge and clerk get some fucking phone calls and 20score Dec 2012 #60
ah people - some Judge info here below lunasun Dec 2012 #61
Fuck that shit!!! nt valerief Dec 2012 #65
Eight days in jail for cussing. The judge is a dick. McCamy Taylor Dec 2012 #69
Correction, Judge Dennis Wiley is a dick. A racist dick. Link below. McCamy Taylor Dec 2012 #71
I'm pretty sure Emily Post JEB Dec 2012 #73
Fuck that shit, indeed! I encourage everyone to read the full article on this. Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #74
If they locked me up... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #76
"Fuck It!" is also therapeutic: kentauros Dec 2012 #95
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #78
K&R DeSwiss Dec 2012 #79
Thanks for those quotes. They_Live Dec 2012 #82
De nada. DeSwiss Dec 2012 #100
Supreme Court ruled this is perfectly legal Tempest Dec 2012 #85
I hope she get shitload of money for damages, pain & suffering 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #99
I know Berrien County. She was busted for Cursing while Black. catbyte Dec 2012 #87
Would they have done this if she looked like this?.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2012 #93
Here's the judge and contact info.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #94
Cursing while black tavalon Dec 2012 #101
I just read another article that says she has a hearing on 8 jan--by that time, she will have niyad Dec 2012 #104
I hope she sues. Octafish Dec 2012 #105
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