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SCOTUS Nominee Kagan On Free Speech Issues
DesScorp submitted one of a few stories I've seen about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, whose confirmation hearings are supposed to start today (despite being a formality, given that she has the votes pretty much locked up). "SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan hasn't left much of a paper trail during her legal career, which may make gauging her ideas and opinions somewhat difficult. But there are some positions she has made clear statements on, among them, pornography and 'hate speech.' In a 1993 University of Chicago seminar on the subject, Kagan argued that the government wasn't doing enough about the spread of porn or hate speech. She argued that new approaches were needed to fight their spread, as well as taking a fresh look at old approaches, such as obscenity laws. Kagan included herself among 'those of us who favor some form of pornography and hate speech regulation,' and told participants that 'a great deal can be done very usefully' to crack down on such evils."
Dear Kagan, I hate you.
Don't mess with porn, it's the only thing keeping some people sane.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
They left out the comma, I think she means
""those of us who favor some form of pornography, and hate speech regulation"
There we go, now we're all on the same page.
supposed to start to day
I wonder when Slashdot will be burned down to the ground by English teachers.
Carbon based humanoid in training.
As an angry wanker, I find this very troubling.
I guess my Nazi porn collection is completely unacceptable then?
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
When I got this on my RSS ticker in firefox, it said "SCOTUS Nominee Kagan on F...". For some reason, I genuinely thought the next word would be fire, and I excitedly clicked on it. I think my disappointment should be obvious at this point.
Support the EFF and Creative Commons. The war is coming, and they're supporting you...
Kagan included herself among 'those of us who favor some form of pornography and hate speech regulation"
Me too. I am in favour of regular pornography and hate speech.
I also favor some form of pornography, and I also hate speech regulation.
Oh, wait...
What a depressingly stupid machine.
Source?
Don't bother. Their "source" is Glenn Beck or similar, whom they believe without reservation.
It didn't matter who the nominee was. They've got their preferred epithets (including both "communist" and "fascist", despite being contradictions in terms). Obama could have nominated an aardvark and it would have been a communist, fascist, death-panel-craving aardvark.
Seriously, if Obama is Hitler and Bush is Hitler, what does that make Hitler?
I wonder if there were any hyperbolic editorialists in those days saying, "Hitler is just like Napoleon!"
Libertarians somehow believe that private businesses should be stronger than governments but weaker than individuals.
I don't have an official position on pornography. I like to switch between multiple positions.
Well, she says (taken directly from the OP) she includes herself among 'those of us who favor some form of pornography and hate speech regulation,' (emphasis added.)
Now, hating speech regulation is fairly clear, who doesn't hate speech regulation? I'm more curious about what form of pornography she favours, as i think this will give insight to what her opinions may be.
"lt;dr" is the correct response to most of my posts.
Seriously, if Obama is Hitler and Bush is Hitler, what does that make Hitler?
A gold master?