... Needless to say, if you have to name your organization "Trusted (tm)" anything, you probably aren't very trustworthy. The allegations here are astonishing. Wondering what HN thinks about this
I think it would be a mistake to assume we support this lawsuit. I am sure on the face of it (ie, seeing one side of the argument) many of us do. But, there will be another side, and there will be other (amicus?) sides to this.
News is important. Too important to allow The Moonies to own a newspaper and publish fantasy lies, Too important to platform Tucker Carlson, on some memetic 1st amendment basis. Oh, sure, mature adults can discriminate and choose. Thats chaos theory writ large. "do what you want shall be the whole of the law" is a Crowley excuse to have lots of sex, do drugs, and sponge off society at large.
Not to mention jurisdictional issues. They're complaining about the BBC in a US court.
It's an interesting read of course. I'm glad it was posted here. But, I think its too early to say which side of this has merit, What a US court will do, what "people" think about this. Ask again in a few weeks.
For what it's worth, it's probably a mistake to paint HN as a monoculture capable of supporting or opposing something as a whole. Granted, my stated intention was to get a view of what HN thinks so I'm also guilty of this if one assumes I'm preparing to take said view as a representation of HN as a whole
> News is important. Too important to allow The Moonies to own a newspaper and publish fantasy lies, Too important to platform Tucker Carlson, on some memetic 1st amendment basis.
Are you suggesting the Government stifle the speech of people you disagree with?
