Peoria Mayor Sends Police To Track Down Twitter Parodist 169
New submitter rotorbudd (1242864) writes with an article at Reason about Jim Ardis, mayor of Peoria, Illinois, who ordered police to track down whoever was responsible for a parody Twitter account mocking him."Guess the good Mayor has never heard of the Streisand Effect. 'The original Twitter account had a total of 50 followers. The new account has over 200.'"
Isn't parody protected in the US? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Why won't the vote this nut out? (Score:5, Informative)
Before we get all silly, please remember that the police had a WARRANT to search the guys house. So any discussion of the "rule of law" needs to remember that the legeslative and judicial branches are also full of shit.
No just bitching about the executive abuse of power.
Re:freedom of speech (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Isn't parody protected in the US? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Isn't parody protected in the US? (Score:5, Informative)
No we dont, free speech is only allowed in free speech zones. Doing it outside a designated zone means you get tazed in the junk by police.
Re:Isn't parody protected in the US? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Isn't parody protected in the US? (Score:4, Informative)
What part of the constitution is the right attacking?
Both parties are attacking the constitution. Look at all the scumbags who voted for the Patriot Act (especially the first time around): Many from both parties, and most people the first time around. Who's trying to get rid of the TSA? A select few from both parties. Bush used free speech zones, too. Furthermore, we have DUI checkpoints, the TSA, constitution-free zones, unrestricted border searches, the NSA surveillance, etc., and none of those things were started solely by one party; it's a bipartisan effort to infringe upon our rights, and both parties are filled with evil scumbags.