Fandom Lawyers

Color me surprised at seeing so many people join this community right out of the gate. Now I feel like I need to actually DO something. Damn you all!

Only not really...

Any ways, welcome to fandom_lawyers! This is the place for all your snarky legal needs. There is no need for a legal background to gripe here! The only thing you need to contribute is a basic understanding of how THE LAW DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY! Example?

Here's one of my all-time-biggest pet peeves in the online world-

The idea that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution applies to private conduct. My favorite showing of ignorance on this subject is when a wanker decides to pass on their fascinating insight into how people can't tell them to fuck off because it's infringing on their freedom of speech.

I have a little secret for you- it's not a freedom of speech violation if the person 'oppressing' you ISN'T the government. If it's not the government then SHUT THE HELL UP. You don't need a legal education to know this just basic reading skills.

I originally wanted a community like this so I could vent about things such as application of the Constitution to those 'mean girls' on the internet. Here's hoping it will expand beyond that. Bring forth your wankers with copyright issues, people who think the U.S. Constitution applies in other countries, those who need to be sent back to high school Civics class, and all the like. It's time to mock people in a 'legal' way.

I'm working on putting together the rules and such. As a general guide for now, though:

RULES
-no wanking people under 18
-no reposting of locked material unless it was public to start with and was later locked
-don't take anything here seriously
-none of the content here is legal advice
-don't ask for legal advice- we're here to mock people for failing at basic legal stuff that everyone should have learned in high school NOT give sophisticated answers to complicated legal issues
-anyone who comes looking for legal advice here is fair game for mocking
-don't go trolling the wankers- we're here to point and laugh in our sandbox
-if wankers come here and decide to bother us then by all means dog-pile them
-macros are A-OKAY in my book

I'll be updating the user info and such. Feel free to post with your law-related or government-related pet peeves. Additionally, have at posting articles and reporting wankers whose lack of reading comprehension makes you want to scream. We'll mock and scream with you because that's what friends are for.