Congrats, Mister Snyder.
Iām actually pleased with this decision. Determination of what constituted offensive language came down to the opinions of a handful of people in that office rushing through hundreds of requests, and enforcement was arbitrary. In this case, the officials making the decision were unable to acknowledge that the term āslantā was being used in an ironic way by musicians intending to reclaim it. Notorious RBG seemed particularly unimpressed by the governmentās reasoning during oral arguments.
Itās the right ruling. Let the douchebags announce themselves as douchebags so we know who to label douchebags and can proceed to destroy them for it.
Really, a no-brainer.
Theyāll have to get the name changed the old-fashioned way: Shame.
The decision was unanimous, but the justices were divided on the reasoning.
Principal has won out over decency.
Iām looking forward to the new sex shop named āFUCKā.
Ironically, ādouchbagsā is now registerable as a trademark by anyone not actually in the douche business
Oddly enough, Iām now looking forward to that too.
Cue the next Brit Boy Band, the "Wanking Limey Bastards"Ā©ā¢
Too late. Iām pretty sure I saw them perform in Bournemouth back in the '70s.
Corporate or personal piggishness is a constitutional right, even though its morally wrong.
This one gets an asterisk.
So does this mean the DMV must approve my āFUKTRMPā license plate?
So does this mean that someone can register N*gger and start sending out cease&desist orders?
So does this mean that someone can register N*gger and start sending out cease&desist orders?
Iām going to say itās been āgenericizedā by years of common use and itās a trademark that canāt be enforced.
Actually, that ought to be a reason for denying āRedskinsā trademark protection, right?
I am too, since Iām kind of a free-speech hawk, if that makes senseāIād like to see suppression and punishment of hateful speech happen outside the government. But itās funny how glad and relieved you can feel these days just to see an honest, non-stupid controversy about a serious question that politics and other social actors have to address. How do we handle speech that was accepted once and now is widely seen as offensive? How do we react to groupsārappers, gays, etc.āclaiming back offensive terms? Itās actually kind of important to talk about, so it stands out amid the toxic trivia, the lies and propaganda and simple nonsense thatās so much taken over.
I have to say: itās so good to wake up in the morning with the blessed assurance that we are a civil society. And what I mean by civil is that I am reasonably sure that it is unlikely that any in my immediate family will be shot within the next 24 hours.
āThe Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarksā what part did they not strike down?
Know what you mean. I look out my office window and see a bit of small-town America. People ride bikes and walk dogs. They cut their lawns and put out the trash. Itās stable, the same as it was in the Obama years. I think thatās one reason Trump was electedāthere were so many people whoāve lived such stable lives theyāve never realized how quickly it could fall apart, and how horrific it could become.