The Onion files suit with Supreme Court to protect a man's right to parody police on social media

[spartan max2]

Don't know a ton of details about this yet but it sounds interesting 

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WASHINGTON — The Onion has some serious things to say in defense of parody.

 

The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making fun of police on social media.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/not-parody-onion-files-brief-supreme-court-rcna50615

Edited October 4, 2022 by spartan max2

[+and-then]

I guess his mockery sounded too much like an actual accusation that people might believe.

[Buzz_Light_Year]

The Onion must have a heck of a lot of off world readers of their satire.

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The Onion said it employs 350,000 people, is read by 4.3 trillion people and “has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history.”

 

[Agent0range]

17 minutes ago, Buzz_Light_Year said:

The Onion must have a heck of a lot of off world readers of their satire.

 

Apparently you aren't familiar with the Onion...

[Buzz_Light_Year]

13 minutes ago, Agent0range said:

Apparently you aren't familiar with the Onion...

As usual you ASSume too much.

[preacherman76]

Arrested for making fun of police?? Fear not my man, what ever you are going through right now will be more than worth it when you sue them for millions. 

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

Arrested for making fun of the Police? 
I didn’t know Sting had that sort of influence these days….

[Agent0range]

7 hours ago, Buzz_Light_Year said:

As usual you ASSume too much.

Ah, gotcha.  You bolded their funny part and then attempted to make what you thought was a joke.  Jokeception.