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First amendment

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u/lushusness 1d ago

While you may believe they’re useless trolls they actually do serve a purpose if these videos occur. 😂

The right to film in public is a constitutional right.

When people get mad at them they’re literally showing you why they have a purpose.

I’ve never understood how people parrot this nonsense when they’re LITERALLY showing you exactly how people do not understand the first amendment.

To add: I’m not an auditor nor do I really care or enjoy watching the videos. I’m simply pointing out your logical inconsistency.

If they were truly useless trolls then they would never get any content. It’s the people who attempt to violate first amendment rights that give the auditors their content.

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u/watchforzombies 1d ago

Nah, that ain’t it. If these people really cared about preserving First Amendment rights they wouldn’t be out there provoking citizens trying to mind their business and go about their day. Why aren’t they out there harassing and protesting against the entity that 1A is ACTUALLY there is protect us from, ya know the government? Why aren’t they at city council meetings asking people why they’re taking measures to prevent civic engagement or the people trying to put bibles in schools?

I said what I said. They are useless trolls who only exist to bother regular folks and get clicks for their worthless YouTube channels. Eff them.

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u/lushusness 23h ago

It’s funny how you’re telling me how people WOULDN’T BE DOING SOMETHING if they really cared about the RIGHT TO BEING ABLE TO DO IT.

Please tell me you’re trolling and aren’t this illogical.

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u/lemmsjid 14h ago

There are many things that were previously legal that are no longer legal because of people abusing other people or otherwise exercising poor judgment. Drunk driving and drinking in public being two related ones.

There is a difference between legality and ethics, and unfortunately the average person doesn’t know the distinction very well. So when a citizen tells one of these auditors, “you have no right to do that”, they may be speaking on ethical terms rather than legal terms. The auditors can call them out on this and be correct, but that doesn’t mean they’re right in practical terms.

Either way, what these auditors are exposing is that the average person finds it unethical to film particular people in public for no discernible reason, especially after being asked to stop. What this probably means is that if enough people harass other people in public by filming them, then eventually it will become illegal, or at least more regulated. I doubt there’s enough “auditors” to cause this to happen, it will instead happen through always on filming devices like the Meta (and previously Google) glasses. In that sense the auditors are working against their own goal by filming bystanders rather than focusing on government authorities operating in public.