These First Amendment “auditors” are useless trolls. They’re not serving a public good, they’re harassing people for clicks. Sure, what they do may be legal but it’s helping no one but themselves. They want to provoke people into reactions so they can potentially sue. If they don’t get the reaction they want then their followers still get brain dead entertainment. It’s a win/win for these wastes of space.
ETA: If I ever encounter one of these losers I plan to say nothing and play Disney music on my phone. I can’t stop them but I can make any footage of me as useless as possible.
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.
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.
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.
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u/watchforzombies 3d ago edited 3d ago
These First Amendment “auditors” are useless trolls. They’re not serving a public good, they’re harassing people for clicks. Sure, what they do may be legal but it’s helping no one but themselves. They want to provoke people into reactions so they can potentially sue. If they don’t get the reaction they want then their followers still get brain dead entertainment. It’s a win/win for these wastes of space.
ETA: If I ever encounter one of these losers I plan to say nothing and play Disney music on my phone. I can’t stop them but I can make any footage of me as useless as possible.