Tennessee Passes Law Criminalizing Posting of Any Image That Someone Finds Offensive
‘Just when you thought lawmaking in America couldn’t get any more ridiculous comes a new piece of legislation that quite possibly could be the most outrageous, if not unconstitutional law ever passed.
The geniuses in the Tennessee legislature passed a bill which makes it a crime to “transmit or display an image” online that is likely to “frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress” to anyone who sees it. Gov. Bill Haslam perpetuated the idiocy when he signed it into law last week.
As if the United States didn’t already jail more people than Russia or China, persons found guilty of violating this new legal monstrosity could face a year in prison along with a $2,500 fine.’
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You can see my response to this new law as a Tennessee artist on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/07/potentially-offensive-portrait-governor.html with my portrait of our Governor Bill Haslam and his ravishing wife.