EFF Tells Louisiana Court Satire Is Still Protected Speech Even If The Government Doesn't Get The Joke

EFF Tells Louisiana Court Satire Is Still Protected Speech Even If The Government Doesn't Get The Joke

3 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210121/11452546096/eff-tells-louisiana-court-satire-is-still-protected-speech-even-if-government-doesnt-get-joke.shtml

Last summer, as anti-police brutality protests were in full swing, a Lafayette man posted an obviously bogus Antifa call to action on his "cajUUn Memes" Facebook page. The announcement called for "cajun comrades" to rise up and engage in a takeover of the River Ranch neighborhood.

Anyone with half a brain reading the post would have known it was a joke. It contained references to marijuana (the group was to meet at 4:20 pm) and asked that only "card carrying members" of Antifa show up. There was also the line: "Arms optional. Legs encouraged."