Commenters split over whether the First Amendment actually applies
2 Sep 19 9:32 PM · 4d ago · 64 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 2
A counter-argument emerged in the same thread noting that stadiums are private venues even when publicly funded or leased, so constitutional free-speech protections may not apply to the ban.
“Technically no. The Constitution does not extend to funds for a private venue. Funding or not. You need to get the state or federal funding to be removed.”
@brianwhiting.bsky.socialMacklemore Musician banned from the stadiumsDavid Tapper Panthers owner
Arthur Blank Falcons owner
Jeffrey Lurie Eagles owner
Robert Kraft Patriots owner
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hey @democrats.org , can government stop subsidizing the rich welfare queens?
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All of them are staunch Jews and big time Funders of Netanyahu's Genocide Regime. There is nothing more to understand. They are complicit in killing 20K Palestinian Children and have blood on their hands. Karma is about to pay these collaborators a visit in PR.
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Use of public funds means the Constitution applies… I hope someone takes them on in court!!!
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This is on the people of those States to demand the banks call in their loans for the stadiums and that any new ones will NEVER be financed by the public.
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Why do billionaire sports owners get taxpayer money? It’s a business and if your business can’t make money on its own merits then that’s the owners fault. Subsidies of any kind to these big corporations are just outrageous. Families living under bridges and children starving. Outrageous!
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Technically no. The Constitution does not extend to funds for a private venue. Funding or not. You need to get the state or federal funding to be removed. And no one but the artist would have standing. And that would depend on the contract says.
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#Kraft is #EpsteinClass - he's on the #EpsteinList. Huge Network behind him.
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I'm not downloading a fucking app to read your news.
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Its like we know who all the villains are and nothing happens
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And I believe Kraft’s wife is on the board of the Kennedy Center and is one of those maga scumbags desperately trying to have the building demolished on the orders of Dear Leader. Cvnts the lot of them.
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After the endless drivel about Hasan Piker.. I think it’s time we ask: Is Ed Sheeran the company he keeps?
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A stadium is not a government building. The first amendment does not apply. Remember Colin K?
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Billionaires stifling free speech aren't "random other people."
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Spot on about stadiums receiving public funding! Cities and counties should cancel it. Owners can hire all their own security and tax breaks. Eff em.
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Whatever happened to freedom of speech? Oh that’s right, Trump took it away, illegally, but no one had the guts to stop him.
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The main point is and should be...stop Israel's genocide! #FreePalestine
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How many of these Billionaires - also visited Epstein Island.
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This is a picture of Macklemore dressed in an anti-Semitic caricature of a Jewish man. If he was in blackface or some other racist ‘costume’, most would be singing a different tune. In 2024 he sang ’from the river to the sea’ - this means the extermination of all Jewish people.
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I just returned from the concert. It was magical. no one wanted politics, just music. Near the end of the 3-hour concert, he cried over his agony about cancelling, and thanked the fans, then cried. 50,000 cheered him on. I'm not even a Sheeran fan, and I was moved.
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It was definitely Ed. He had the power to tell Kraft and his billionaire buddies to f*ck off, but he didn't. He's spineless. I hope it ruins his career. Meanwhile, Macklemore is soaring on Spotify.
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Thats the best you can come up with. That was from over 10 years and he said he had made a mistake and aplogised for it at the time. Meanwhile you appear to siding with a billionaire.
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Republicans blame cancel culture on Democrats what the fuck is this? Fuck Republicans I believe Americans are finally realizing what Israel is all about.
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They are entitled pedophile billionaires. They feel they’ve earned the right to tell people what they can or cannot do because they’re billionaires.
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Hmm if we don’t want people to think there is some global conspiracy of elites maybe we should not do things that makes it look like there is.
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