The Absurd GOP

[Thumpalumpacus]

Texas has banned talking on college campuses at night. Seriously.

Texas lawmakers trying to muzzle campus protests have just passed one of the most ridiculous anti-speech laws in the country. Signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, Senate Bill 2972 will ban speech at night — from study groups to newspaper reporting — at public universities in the state.

SB 2972 will require public universities in Texas to adopt policies prohibiting “engaging in expressive activities on campus between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.” Expressive activity includes “any speech or expressive conduct” protected by the First Amendment or Texas Constitution.

Here are just a few examples of what such a policy will prohibit on campus between 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.: Meeting with other students to socialize or study, writing an email, working on a research paper, posting on social media, reporting for the student newspaper, wearing a T-shirt with a slogan, dancing, playing music, painting a picture, or praying at a sunrise service.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion...361753.php

Good luck with that.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Texas has banned talking on college campuses at night. Seriously.

Texas lawmakers trying to muzzle campus protests have just passed one of the most ridiculous anti-speech laws in the country. Signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, Senate Bill 2972 will ban speech at night — from study groups to newspaper reporting — at public universities in the state.

SB 2972 will require public universities in Texas to adopt policies prohibiting “engaging in expressive activities on campus between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.” Expressive activity includes “any speech or expressive conduct” protected by the First Amendment or Texas Constitution.

Here are just a few examples of what such a policy will prohibit on campus between 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.: Meeting with other students to socialize or study, writing an email, working on a research paper, posting on social media, reporting for the student newspaper, wearing a T-shirt with a slogan, dancing, playing music, painting a picture, or praying at a sunrise service.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion...361753.php

Good luck with that.

Yup. Not only is it ludicrously unenforceable, but uni students - not known for putting up with this sort of nonsense - are going to have a tremendous amount of fun with this before it ultimately fails in court.

Boru

[arewethereyet]

^Somehow I don't see The Bail (oldest grandchild) and her crew following this rule.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

^Somehow I don't see The Bail (oldest grandchild) and her crew following this rule.

It's almost as if Texas lawmakers got together and thought, 'I know how we'll stop these students from protesting - we'll just tell 'em they can't!'

My awesome psychic powers predict a wave of malicious compliance on Texas campuses.

Boru

[arewethereyet]

^Somehow I don't see The Bail (oldest grandchild) and her crew following this rule.

It's almost as if Texas lawmakers got together and thought, 'I know how we'll stop these students from protesting - we'll just tell 'em they can't!'

My awesome psychic powers predict a wave of malicious compliance on Texas campuses.

Boru

It would seem that these moron lawmakers either have no kids or have never met any.

The surest way to get Bail to do something is to tell her she can't.

[Angrboda]

[Nanny]

This week's Frontline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28sQyweAPRs is scary. The bros are taking the position that POTUS can do anything he wants and can choose which laws he can ignore. Bannon is a scary man.

[The Grand Nudger]

Well past pretending that anything they want is legal, and openly telegraphing their burning desire to break some laws.

[Fake Messiah]

[Rizen]