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squirrelhillfrog t1_j0pkesw wrote

Rat Shit, Bat Shit, Dirty old twat, 69 assholes tied in a knot, Hurray, Lizard shit, Fuck

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Beliadin t1_j0pkqdh wrote

Easy to get arrested for 7 words, happened to lots of people..."Hand over the money or I shoot" or "she said she was 18, i swear"

Rip George, a true legend

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FritzlTime t1_j0pl7rw wrote

I really wish the bastard was still alive. He would have so much to say about the last decade.

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refreshing_username t1_j0plnu9 wrote

Rolling my eyes that the newspaper censored itself in the course of quoting Carlin.

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DrSatan420247 t1_j0psxuy wrote

Did you see the HBO documentary? Its very good, but the end of the second half they cut and edited his comments into a leftist political message. The made it seem as if he was an advocate for censorship and total government control.

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southernsass8 t1_j0pu4wl wrote

The only man that spoke truth and spoke the future of society. He was a genius. He would've eventually been killed off in a horrific car cash if still alive today.

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YourWiseOldFriend t1_j0pzv7f wrote

As an artist there is no greater win than to be arrested just for speaking out.

George Carlin was a giant of a man.

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hrudnick t1_j0q7byu wrote

He was wonderful. I wish he could have gone on forever.

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Markooo95 t1_j0q8mom wrote

So what? Try to shout "Heil H*tler" in the middle of Israel, and you'll be (rightfully) arrested for 2 words only

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hahamu t1_j0q91tg wrote

This is the great old America they want back.
Back when you were free and words could send you to prison.

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Sea-Blueberry-3184 t1_j0qjv0y wrote

He won a SCOTUS case. Carlin V AMERICA. We all know who won that one.

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ronflair t1_j0qngbu wrote

Depending on the words and context, everyone here can still be arrested for 7 words.

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Shebatski t1_j0qug3p wrote

Yeah sure, he called for the elimination of all golf courses to be transformed into housing for the homeless. Totally a righty position lmao

Edit: also Carlin, in reference to Bush Jr "I have an addendum to that. The real looting in this country takes place in the transfer of the wealth from the poor to the rich... The rich have been made richer under this criminal, fascist president and his government."

Thanks for the laugh at least!

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GayBird69 t1_j0qxr78 wrote

bullshit. See the comment below or any interview with his daughter and they bring this up, he constantly advocated for wealth distribution, highly critical of religion, pro gun control, pro gay rights. Good try though.

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Caligullama t1_j0r31t9 wrote

“Don’t tell me what I can’t do!” - John Locke

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TIGHazard t1_j0r4eg0 wrote

The article says a Milwaukee cop took personal offense and arrested him as a breach of the peace.

At the station, the officer was asked if he had disturbed the peace, to which they replied he had actually received a standing ovation. He was then let go.

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hahamu t1_j0rj3c5 wrote

Even if that was true (it's not), my point is that there never was a "better America" It was always the same, in some cases worse even. MAGA doesn't make sense, it's a chase for something that does not exist.

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Likesdirt t1_j0rn85h wrote

When a record of the bit was broadcast on the radio, complaints were made, the FCC involved, and eventually those naughty words became the standard in the US. Arrested and made enough of a statement to be a little part of history.

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Only_Philosopher7351 t1_j0rnwys wrote

I tried to share this on FB and was suspended. [kidding] [not really]

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Stiff_Meat t1_j0rubel wrote

I Am Going To Kill The President.

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Puzzleheaded-Law-429 t1_j0rwiv9 wrote

“Everyone is so easily offended by everything these days!”

Television in the ‘70s was laughably prude by today’s standards. The bathroom shown on The Brady Bunch didn’t have a toilet because it was seen as offensive to show one on TV.

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Grubsteak_Mcgilicuty t1_j0s2ucp wrote

America is crazy imo, simply having like rational thought, and being anti establishment, and like wanting corporations and the systems that are in place to not purposely opress people. Its a big club and you aint in it

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TBTabby t1_j0s3dj0 wrote

Nowadays we get bigoted jerks screaming to their audiences of thousands that they're being censored because they got kicked off a social media network for telling trans women to kill themselves.

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WanderlustFella t1_j0skket wrote

The real comedy

>Tom Schneider, then a young assistant district attorney, had been at Carlin's show. In the office the next day, Schneider says in the documentary, Carlin was brought in, accused of disturbing the peace.

Schneider's boss, who knew he'd been at the show, asked him if Carlin had disturbed the peace; Schneider told him Carlin received a standing ovation.

The charges were dismissed in December 1972

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casewood123 t1_j0sr3jx wrote

A true first amendment warrior. Not the dipshit Elon Musk.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j0t1y12 wrote

Sure, but NWA was arrest over three words. Group of rappers arrested over three words, while it took seven words to get a white comedian arrested. Exchange rate varies.

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400asa t1_j0t4qww wrote

The words being "fuck the police".

I'm French so it feels somewhat okay to get at least arrested for that, cause it's illegal to insult a government employee. Insulting people at all can cause prejudice legally.Telling someone to kts on social media can get you up to 3yrs in jail, 5 if it's a kid.

But in the USA freedom of speech is a bit more "free" isn't it ? On the paper ?

So how do they work around that, civil court ?

(light googling)

Nvm, the cops arrested NWA with some bullshit maneuver, not because of the lyrics LMAO.

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zipperdz t1_j0t9osk wrote

He’s the Jordan Peterson for liberals

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Beliadin t1_j0tk2sn wrote

Smacks of Lèse-majesté... I thought you guys got rid of that in 1789

Any kind of incitement to violence, hate speech or similar should if course be illegal towards authorities as it should be against all others, but just insulting people seems ridiculous

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Goalie_deacon t1_j0tw6cg wrote

It worked out for NWA, as they still made a ton of money. Also, the law they were arrested under is no longer on the books. It happened in Michigan, and the law was repealed about 20 years ago.

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laughingRiles t1_j0tzw57 wrote

You can say anything you want, but you are not free from repercussion for the context of your speech. Honestly with fuck the police the charge usually has to do with inflammatory speech, inciting a riot, or the ever popular shouldn't be able to exist as a single charge resisting arrest

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43x4 t1_j0vnvn0 wrote

There is a candy "Kuumat kummut" in Finland. It's literally "hot mounds" that means sexy big breasts.

There is also a candy "Kulkuset" literally "jingle bells" that means balls/ballsack.

They both are small, hard candies with salty liquorice powder inside. And of course there are two in a package.

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Icyrow t1_j0wltcr wrote

"bomb in (important place)"

also interestingly, the whole "free speech" thing is never absolute. there's tons of stuff you can say in america that'll get you into seriously deep shit. countries just have different tolerances for it acceptable free speech.

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