Georgia Politician Seeks to Ban Photoshop Jokes, Saying “No one Has the Right to Make Fun of Anyone”

By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
February 14, 2013

A politician in Georgia named Earnest Smith has been attempting to outlaw photoshop jokes for years, but now he has renewed the effort after pictures of his head photoshopped onto a porn stars body started making their way around the internet.

According to Fox:

A Georgia state lawmaker with an unconventional grasp of the First Amendment is backing a bill that would make lewd photoshopping a crime punishable by a $1,000 fine.

Rep. Earnest Smith pointed, as proof of the problem, to a picture of his head that was recently edited onto a pornstar’s body. That image was created by a blogger who used the image to mock Smith.

The Augusta-based legislator said he was not worried the bill would step on First Amendment rights.

“Everyone has a right to privacy,” he said. “No one has a right to make fun of anyone. It’s not a First Amendment right.”

The politician did not provide any specifics of the legislation, but after being pressed to provide details, he said, “At this juncture, I am not at liberty to share anything with you. I don’t have to. If and when this bill passes we can revisit the issue and if I choose to give you details at that time I will, but until then I don’t have to tell you anything.”

Smith first introduced his proposal  a year ago. According to the bill’s summary, it would make it a misdemeanor offense to alter a photograph that “causes an unknowing person wrongfully to be identified as the person in an obscene depiction.” Smith introduced the legislation last year after a teenage girl was subjected to “online attacks.”

Good Luck pig! I have a feeling that his recent statements will create a new wave of photoshopped pictures.

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