MnemonicBump @ MnemonicBump @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Yeah, again we know our country sucks. What else do you have? Because if you seriously think that "It's not anyone else's problem" then, have I got news for you

Thanks, we know that. Got anything helpful to share with the class?

State law enforcement here in Minnesota has told protesters not to come. All politicians who were scheduled to speak will not be showing up.

Wanna bet that a curfew is next?

Reporting in from Minnesota: State law enforcement is now telling everybody "Do not show up to No Kings Day Events"

Would "the average person" agree with you?

There was this Supreme Court case in 1973 "Miller v. California, during which the Supreme Court basically decided that it has to be obscene in order to be considered pornography, and then the question became, "What is legally considered to be obscene?" From that case we derive something called the "Miller Test", which has three criteria:

1. Whether "the average person, applying contemporary community standards", would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest.
2. Whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions specifically defined by applicable state law.
3. Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

For a something to be considered pornographic, it must be ALL THREE criteria, with the first two criteria being left in the hands of local ordinances and governments, and the last being left sort of up to interpretation depending on a locality's culture and values.

The definition of pornography has changed over time. Caligula might have been considered pornography AT THE TIME, but by modern legal definitions, I don't think it passes. Even the extended version with penetration, because the film isn't "intended to arouse" and also does not "lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value".

$0. I would not have any it if I didn't pirate it. I was never going to spend any money.

This is genuinely not true. Same goes for 2016. Non-voting democrats tend to skew conservative. You're just trying to start a fight with the left. That's not helpful to our current situation; it literally only helps the fascists.

You have big "tipping the waitress a penny for bad service" energy

Up here in Minnesota it's roughly March-June, but when I lived in Oklahoma for a little while it seemed like it was Mid Summer

Still alive!

As someone who lives in the Midwest, let me tell you, there absolutely IS a tornado season. We're actually in the tail end of it right now.

I mostly agree with you (see my other comments in the thread). I was just explaining it from the perspective of the Maryland lawmakers. Although, you're not entirely correct. It appears that the law is a lot more broad than the title would lead you to believe

Nothing. I didn't say it was an effective strategy, just what appears to be THE strategy at play

The AR platform is high modifiable, has a nearly infinite number of configurations, can be customized to meet just about any need, and is easily the most widely available sem-automatic rifle on the market. This makes the barrier for entry (to being a mass shooter) much higher.

Corrected. Thank you, kind stranger

Aaron Swartz is spinning in his grave

Edit: Misspelled his last name

This is so true and so depressing

It is if I print it on a sticker and slap it on my bong!