....the idea that public organizations that display ads can't refuse hate speech or exclude products full of hate speech is not a good one.
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Replying to @RichFelker @ACLU
Hate speech isn't a legally recognized category, so I'm not sure what you mean. They also refused birth control ads and ads with 1A text.
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Replying to @stevecheckoway @ACLU
Refusing BC ads is something good to challenge them on. ACLU conflating the two issues is awful.
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The principle here is not "they shouldn't be able to refuse ads".
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The principle is that refusal should be narrow and well-justified, not based on arbitrary biases.
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Replying to @RichFelker @ACLU
I agree. The issue here, as I understand it, is that the WMATA's rule was "controversial" content which is definitely arbitrary.
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Replying to @stevecheckoway @ACLU
Yes, that's a bad rule. But by including M*lo in the case, they're implying that his content should also be acceptable.
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Replying to @RichFelker @ACLU
It was an ad for a book. What about the ad itself is unacceptable? I can envision lots of things that aren't acceptable, but book ads? No.
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Replying to @stevecheckoway @ACLU
A book that, as I understand it, names and incites harassment against specific individuals who are not public figures.
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Question: would they realistically carry, and would a court expect them to carry, an ad for a bomb-making book?
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My guess is the latter is a lot more likely to be "banned", but probably results in significantly less measurable harm to ppl.
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