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backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2015, 11:48 AM Apr 2015

Senator Dolores Umbridge advocates censoring the Internet

Oops, my mistake. She's not Dolores Umbridge, but Dianne Feinstein. Hard to tell them apart...



One's a fascist, authoritarian tyrant who holds civil liberties and human dignity in utter contempt, the other is a Harry Potter character.

The First Amendment seems to be a difficult concept for her.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/senator-calls-for-the-anarchist-cookbook-to-be-removed-from-the-internet/

Senator calls for The Anarchist Cookbook to be “removed from the Internet”
Dianne Feinstein doesn't seem to know the book is sold on Amazon, among other places.

In the wake of the Thursday arrest of two women accused of attempting to build a bomb, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) wrote on her website that the 1971 book on bomb making, which may have aided the terror suspects in some small way, should be "banned from the Internet.”
The senator seems to fail to realize that not only has The Anarchist Cookbook been in print for decades (it’s sold on Amazon!), but also has openly circulated online for nearly the same period of time. In short, removing it from the Internet would be impossible.

"I am particularly struck that the alleged bombers made use of online bombmaking guides like the Anarchist Cookbook and Inspire Magazine,” Feinstein wrote. "These documents are not, in my view, protected by the First Amendment and should be removed from the Internet."

On Thursday, federal prosecutors charged the two American women living in New York City with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. The 29-page criminal complaint details how these two women, Asia Siddiqui and Noelle Velentzas, began meeting with an unnamed undercover agent beginning in 2013, where they expressed extremist ideology and sympathy for Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and related groups.
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Senator Dolores Umbridge advocates censoring the Internet (Original Post) backscatter712 Apr 2015 OP
So she decides what the first Amendment covers and does not cover? dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #1
Congress and the Internet Revanchist Apr 2015 #2
Over the top Takket Apr 2015 #3
After seeing Feinstein's stances on copyright law, the NSA, and other issues... backscatter712 Apr 2015 #4
+1000 hobbit709 Apr 2015 #5
Absolutely Aerows Apr 2015 #6
Makes me wonder if she keeps a blood quill in her office... n/t backscatter712 Apr 2015 #9
Very sad Dwayne Hicks Apr 2015 #7
Indeed. California Democrats can do far better than this DINO. n/t backscatter712 Apr 2015 #8

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
1. So she decides what the first Amendment covers and does not cover?
Sat Apr 4, 2015, 01:02 PM
Apr 2015

Is there ANY person in Congress who has a functional understanding of the Internet? Sheesh.

Takket

(21,649 posts)
3. Over the top
Sat Apr 4, 2015, 01:14 PM
Apr 2015

While Senator Feinstein's standpoint is a bit foolish (it is like asking to remove the egg from a mixed cake batter), I think calling her a "fascist, authoritarian tyrant who holds civil liberties and human dignity in utter contempt" is wayyyyyy over the top.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
4. After seeing Feinstein's stances on copyright law, the NSA, and other issues...
Sat Apr 4, 2015, 01:48 PM
Apr 2015

She's been a MAFIAA stooge for decades, supporting draconian copyright laws like CISA, and the PERFORM Act. She covered for the NSA in the wake of the Snowden revelations, and before. She voted for the Iraq War. She voted for the PATRIOT Act. She even was the Democratic sponsor of a Constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration.

Sorry, she's earned it. She's the Muggle's version of Dolores Umbridge.

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