• Llamatron@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I’d like the 1st amendment to be altered slightly. Sure, everyone should be free to speak without government sanction but that shouldn’t mean freedom to lie. Fox and the rightwing have been abusing the shit out of it for years.

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      4 hours ago

      This is a terrible, horrible idea. It would give the government the power to censor anyone and anything, and all they have to do is claim that the thing they are censoring is a lie.

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        3 hours ago

        Well treating lies to be as valid as fact has brought you half a population living in their own reality and Trump as president.

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            2 hours ago

            How would you tackle the lies or are you happy that Fox is able to conjure up its own version of reality with no pushback?