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US Supreme Court sides with man who sent female musician barrage of unwanted messages (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by socphoenix@midwest.social to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] HelixDab@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in a dissent to the ruling joined by fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote that the decision "unjustifiably grants true threats preferential treatment."

...What the fuck? Am I taking crazy pills? In what fucking world do Thomas and Barrett advocate for a sane and rational approach to anything?

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Turns out the Writer's Guild strike affected the real world's script too... the scabs currently working on the script of life are very confused about how things are supposed to go.