Anonymous asked: The people want to know: what's your lawyering take on SOPA?
It sucks, it’s unnecessarily broad, it’s probably unconstitutional, etc. You’ve heard it all.
But I kind of wish that our generation of internet-happy kids cared more about things like “There are Americans starving every day” and “There are entire generations of minorities handcuffed (often literally) by institutional racism” and “The income gap is widening with no sign of slowing” and “Wait, hedge fund managers only pay capital gains taxes on their income? Are you fucking kidding?” and “Why are we killing so many civilians in the Middle East?” than “I might not be able to go on Twitter if this law passes, so I better call my Congressman!”
Like, fuck man, I understand that this is another little bite out of civil liberty in this country, and that’s a big deal, but did you know that Guantanamo Bay is still open? Do you even know what Guantanamo Bay is, or why it matters? You know, that little place in Cuba that Obama said he’d close after he was elected three years ago?
I get it, getting your website shut down without due process would suck. What the fuck would you do all day if you can’t play on the internet?
You know what would suck more? Getting put in jail for 10 fucking years without due process.
If this SOPA/PIPA uproar is an indication of wider political activism within our generation, excellent. If it’s just a bunch kids getting angry because someone told them they might not be able to go on Twitter anymore, then fuck that.
