On one hand, I sincerely do not want our level of political discourse to follow this example. On the other, if anyone deserves it, it’s ICE.
Politicians have been making backronyms for forever, like the USA FREEDOM act, the USA PATRIOT act, RESTRICT act, and so forth.
I’m just glad this is one I can get behind.
Don’t forget about CAN-SPAM! (which honestly, given it’s arguably a triple entendre, is hilarious)
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing
Amazing. They actually integrated the hyphen into the acronym. But alas…
The CAN-SPAM Act is occasionally referred to by critics as the “You-Can-Spam” Act because the bill fails to prohibit many types of e-mail spam and preempts some state laws that would otherwise have provided victims with practical means of redress.
Exactly where the arguable triple entendre comes in!
- “Can spam” as in “put spam in the garbage can”.
- “Can Spam” as in the literal canned meat product Spam that Internet spam derives its name from.
- And now the third: “can spam” as in “you’re allowed to spam because this law sucks”.
OK, now I get it. My brain was too lazy to even try to decipher “triple entendre”.
I’m still amazed by the hyphen. Is there a profession of literal wordsmith that comes up with such things? Probably got fired by DOGE.
Gives me this kinda vibe https://californiaglobe.com/fr/the-story-of-arnold-schwarzeneggers-infamous-hidden-expletive-veto/
F.U.C.K I.C.E Act. Clever!
Not a joke?
Of note is that introducing a bill (for those unfamiliar with American legislative politics) means remarkably little. The two sponsors are brand-new to New Jersey’s General Assembly (80 total members), and unless this really advances anywhere, it’s about a rung up from putting out a scathing press release.
Respect the backronym and overall bill idea, though.
While I appreciate the sentiment, I would very much like it if government became less unserious. Jesus fuck.
A backronym in a state bill is probably the least of my concerns about the country right now.
Same tbh. I don’t give a shit about the old unserious shit American politics has been doing for decades when the new unserious shit is many orders of magnitude worse.
This kind of bill naming has been around for decades. 1989 had the STOP SMUT Act and there have been just so many others. I’m not going to complain about old inconsequential unserious when the new unserious is so much more damaging.
Pretty mild for New Jersey.
NJ is goated. If you know, you know.
The FUCKICE act is instrumental in community safety.
Unconstitutional conduct is already suable over, though…? This bill is insanely toothless and the people of NJ deserve better.
Unconstitutional conduct is already suable over, though…?
Not when it involves law enforcement.
Only because politicians and judges are too stupid to actually enforce the constitution… It’s already supposed to trump any law like QE even if it’s on the books.
Does the law help pierce Qualified Immunity where law enforcement can just play dumb and say they didn’t know any better?
A laughable excuse to begin with. Law enforcement can argue incompetence to get OUT of trouble. It should be an added charge. Clown country.
These people <gesturing to the ruling class> never progressed past middle school.
When you went to school with these politicians-to-be they were the stupidest assholes in your year and not self aware enough to know it.
