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		ldar15 on Dec 19, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SOPA creator received half a million dollars from ... "Donations are regarded [by those who receive them] as free speech despite the popular opinion that they are bribes." Yes. That pretty much nails the complaint on the head right there. "I never saw" And that would be the second.

jinushaun on Dec 19, 2011 [–]

And that pretty much hits the nail on the head for why the ruling for Citizens United is bad. It basically legalised bribes by confusing it with free speech.

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