Idiocracy marches on
Jan. 31st, 2017 04:32 pmТрамп назначил Jerry Falwell Jr., президента т.н. Liberty University, главой комитета по высшему образованию. Папа его (Jerry Falwell) - известный христианский фундаменталист, поехавший крышей на этом самом фундаментализме. Сын же ничем особо неизвестен, кроме того, что он президента этого самого Liberty University, который известен как фундаменталистский христианский колледж, и еще тем, что он находится среди 25% самых плохих университетов Америки (согласно Times Higher Education). Теперь этот Фалвелл будет советовать всяким Стэнфордам, Гарвардам, и Беркли как и чему надо учить.
А зачем...
Date: 2017-02-01 12:54 am (UTC)RE: А зачем...
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Date: 2017-02-01 02:05 am (UTC)Решение Верховного суда по этому делу особенно актуально сегодня:
Parodies of public figures which could not reasonably be taken as true are protected against civil liability by the First Amendment, even if intended to cause emotional distress.
Папаша Фалуэлл умер в 2007, а Ларри Флинт жив. В марте 2016 он обратился к Трампу с открытым письмом:
Dear Mr. Trump,
The credibility of your entire campaign for the Republican presidential nomination hangs in the balance on the basis of one all important issue: the size of your penis.
This issue has been put on the agenda, not by your opponents, not by an inquiring press corps, and not by any of your former wives or mistresses. You yourself raised this issue in the GOP presidential debate on March 3rd. You said: “He (Senator rubio) referred to my hands‐‐’if they’re small, something else must be small.’ I guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee.”
So far we only have your word that you have a huge penis. But there has been no objective authority who has made a verification of your claim.
I am making you an offer that you must not refuse if anyone is to believe you. I have a team of doctors ready today to conduct the examination required to confirm your boast. If you reject this offer, I can only conclude that you are not the man you say you are and that your bragging about your penis size is as fraudulent as Trump University.
Please contact me immediately.
Sincerely,
Larry Flynt
Письмо осталось без ответа. А в начале января Флинт разместил на правах рекламы открытое письмо к прессе:
Dear Mainstream Press,
You’ve done it again. Your lack of responsible reporting has betrayed this great nation.
You have helped create this monster we now call President-elect Trump. It is up to you to bring him down, providing you have the backbone to do so.
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The only thing I saw from all of you this past election is an utter desperation to report on everything this man said, whether it is the truth or not. You want to sell a paper, bump up your ratings, drive more traffic to your websites; I get it. But you are not selling cookies to consumers. You are journalists—do your job!
One final thought: There are more accurate articles in HUSTLER than in most of the coverage I have seen this past election. That says something now, doesn’t it?
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Date: 2017-02-01 02:54 am (UTC)Они это и сами знают
Date: 2017-02-01 03:51 am (UTC)Falwell previously has criticized the Department of Education for micromanaging colleges and universities and accused the department of overreach and intruding into the accreditation process.
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По-моему, выглядит обнадёживающе.
Подробности
Date: 2017-02-01 04:14 am (UTC)“The goal is to pare it back and give colleges and their accrediting agencies more leeway in governing their affairs,” Falwell told The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Date: 2017-02-01 04:28 am (UTC)Re: Они это и сами знают
Date: 2017-02-01 04:31 am (UTC)Re: А зачем...
Date: 2017-02-01 02:56 pm (UTC)А это зачем?
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