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Is a Ban on 'Truck Nuts' Unconstitutional? (2011)

5 pointsby luu7 months ago

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exmadscientist7 months ago
Does anyone know the outcome of this case? It should (it better!) be resolved by now but searching isn't turning up anything but the initial furor. (And, apparently, that it happened again in 2012.)
ZunarJ57 months ago
Bad taste helps one remember the good, I suppose.
Terr_7 months ago
Note that this is from 2011, so it&#x27;s been a while.<p>&gt; Genitalia are offensive? Really?<p>The author is asking the wrong question and falling into the framing-trap laid by the censorious hypocrites: Plenty of things are <i>offensive</i>, but that alone doesn&#x27;t automatically give the government the authority to ban them.<p>For example, &quot;Trump is an dangerous lunatic crook&quot; might legitimately <i>offend</i> certain authorities in South Carolina (probably not back in 2011, but eventually) yet it&#x27;s still not something they can legitimately ban or punish people for.