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		roguecoder on April 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection Just because we don’t usually get prosecuted for something doesn’t make it legal.

Nasrudith on April 12, 2019 [–]

But that usually means there is a problem with the law in either enforcement(insufficient or only existing to be abused via selective enforcement) or basis(it shouldn't be illegal in the first place).

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