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Madison Square Garden's surveillance banned this fan over his T-shirt design

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219 points helloworld | 3 comments | 29 Mar 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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tstrimple ◴[29 Mar 25 05:48 UTC] No.43513093[source]▶
Way too much circle jerking in this thread over what the first amendment means as if people a few hundred years ago had a better grasp on what is right and wrong in today’s context than anyone living and breathing and thinking today. In my opinion the deference given to what long dead people wrote is a cause of many of this country’s problems. It’s supposed to be a living constitution and we’re still trying to divine what those dead people meant by their more obscure statements with a radically different context than what we have face today.
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1. hallway_monitor ◴[29 Mar 25 06:05 UTC] No.43513172[source]▶
I don’t give a shit about first amendment interpretations and I agree completely that laws need an update. How about this: ban biometric detection. Ban facial recognition. Throw the CEO in jail if a company breaks the ban. That would be a good use of government power. Fuck the surveillance state, it’s not a place I want to live - and we don’t have to accept it.
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2. hello_computer ◴[29 Mar 25 15:28 UTC] No.43516293[source]▶
i’d go a step further

https://youtu.be/TMHCw3RqulY

3. blacksmith_tb ◴[29 Mar 25 18:47 UTC] No.43517597[source]▶
You can move to Portland![1] (also, our cherry trees are blooming, very pretty)

1: https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/portland-passes-the-tough...