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(I would like to point out, however, that the current kerfuffle is not a first amendment issue -- LJ is a private service, and as such has the right to randomly change the TOS at will and you can't do a damn thing about it. I hate when people use their "first amendment" rights as a rallying cry, when the first amendment really only means that the government can't abridge your free speech rights. What it is is a retardedness issue, in that the majority of the affected communities aren't doing anything illegal based on current obscenity laws, and in that LJ is merely deleting communities based on listed interests and not the actual content of the journals. *slowclap* Once again, LJ has proved itself to be adept at dealing with nuance -- Breastfeeding icons and the Russian journals, anyone?)

ETA: Ha ha, the exodus of LJ fandom and the rush of posts at fandom_wank have overloaded journalfen. Although I think LJ is being arbitrary and idiotic, I'm still sitting back and enjoying the meta -- you know I love this shit.