Supreme Court rules animal torture videos as free speech. Simply put our dogs and cats have little value according to the US Supreme Court and while it may be illegal to torture and murder them, individuals and businesses that electrocute, crush, drown, strangle, rape, and otherwise torture companion animals are protected by the US Constitution to produce, market, publicize, and distribute the video and material representation of these monstrous acts.
Key media outlets joined forces to promote their right to publicize the torture of animals, claiming free speech as their defense, with the New York Times leading this unholy alliance. Arguing their position, the New York Time, twisted the ugly truth about animal torture into the protection of animals. Here is the 1984ish position of the NY Times:
The goal of preventing crush videos and other animal cruelty is certainly a worthy one. It is this very interest in protecting animals from abuse that makes speech about their treatment so valuable. Press coverage serves the community by exposing animal cruelty such as crush videos, animal fighting and the mistreatment of animals at some puppy mills and slaughterhouses.
In other words, we should not prohibit the publicizing and marketing of these horrific videos – otherwise the New York Time and other media outlets could not publicize them.
Only one Justice had the courage to tell the truth: Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissented, saying the majority’s analysis was built on “fanciful hypotheticals” and would serve to protect “depraved entertainment.”
Chief Justice Roberts and other Supreme Court Justices should get out of their ivory tower to understand the connection between animal cruelty, child abuse and domestic violence. Animal abusers are never satisfied with the torture of just animals. More and more evidence shows that animal abuse leads to child abuse and domestic violence.
Does the majority of the Supreme Court really believe individuals who distribute videos that depict animal torture are not disposed to violent behaviors? Do they believe that the Founding Fathers of our country would have given these horrific videos and merchandise the status of protected speech? The Supreme Court’s decision to ignore the link between human and nonhuman animal abuse gives the animal torture industry a pass while endangering our children and families. Like so many of our elected official, they are out of touch with everyday thinking Americans.
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