Truth in advertising vs Free Speech - Galt's Gulch

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Truth in advertising vs Free Speech

Posted by blarman 5 years, 5 months ago to News

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I love the complaint: "It's our free speech right to call our products meat even though there are no animal products involved."

Uh... That's not how "free speech" works - unless you're a Democrat.

SOURCE URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/veggie-food-maker-seeks-injunction-against-missouri-meat-law/2018/10/31/0036354a-dd28-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html

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Posted by Olduglycarl 5 years, 5 months ago

AH, now this speech, Physically harms and/or defrauds/lies/fools, the consumer.

NO business, should do anything to defraud/lie/fool or physically harm the end users of it's products or services...that is not only not smart, it's downright unethical.

That kind of speech has a cost and is not free.

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Posted by Solver 5 years, 5 months ago

Free speech doesn’t mean selling A as not A or not A as A.

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Posted by CircuitGuy 5 years, 5 months ago

I don't see any free speech argument. Free speech doesn't give you the right to commit fraud.

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  Posted by blarman 5 years, 5 months ago
  
  That's the whole point!
  
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