Supreme Court ruling leads to offensive trademark requests

Honestly, I agree. When you ban hate speech, it can hide and fester in the shadows. But when you lay the cards on the table, you let people speak freely…then you get to see who the haters are. The darkness is exposed and they can be brought into line with society through social tools, such as peer pressure. Shunned for their hateful speech, the racists will either change or just learn to shut the fuck up…meanwhile giving us plenty of targets to ridicule on social media, even as our stomachs churn.

Article quote from one of the guys trademarking the N-Word:

Maynard, 50, said he is not racist but believes that saturating the market with such epithets can rob them of their racist connotations. The idea is to spark discussion and turn “hate into hope,” he said in a phone interview.

“If you suppress it, you give it power,” Maynard said.

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Op-ed: Sessions is stuck in a ‘Reefer Madness’ time warp

#News420
Ironically, this is the mindset of many of the religious right. They believe the racist, greedy lies spun 90 years ago are true, despite anything that’s happened in the past 30 years. Somehow, they’ve been convinced to close their minds and accept the “truths” in the status quo, because change is somehow equated with the deterioration of society. Because “God” told them too…God of course being the teachings of their church and the opinions of the church elders.
How about waking up and thinking for yourselves? How about looking at the facts? Nah…I’m sure your pastor’s interpretation of “God’s Word” is right. How could your church be wrong? That would mean you might be going to Hell!! #GodForbid

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Will Smith Agrees You Should Be Watching Christopher Nolan Movies in Theaters and Not on Netflix

Sure Will. When they start making movies that are worth $14 per seat, maybe I will go to the theater again. But as long as Hollywood keeps churning out shit…remakes of old movies that weren’t that great the first time, sequels ad infinitum, and C movies that have no real story to play off the gazillion dollar special effects…I think I’ll watch at home, where $15 buys a whole month of movies on HBO…or better yet,$9 for Netflix.
Did I mention $10 popcorn? Go fuck yourself if you think I’m paying $10 for 11¢ worth of corn and faux butter. It’ll take more than a $9 Pepsi to help me to swallow THAT shit.
I will always love the big screen, but hell, even the screens aren’t that big anymore!
Seems like Hollywood is committing suicide to me.

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