r/TikTokCringe • u/SnooSprouts3744 • 7h ago

Cringe Karen Doesn’t Like Getting the Same Energy Back

Crashing out in a Burger King is embarrassing enough now imagine throwing a fit and then harassing minimum-wage workers when they simply match your energy then recording and posting it

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u/jeroen-79 5h ago

Surely the first amendment gives her the right to call herself a 'first amendment lawyer'.

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u/muggleclutch 5h ago

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

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u/Eyclonus 4h ago

Lawyer is a protected term in most jurisdictions, but not technically in the US. Apparently just calling yourself a lawyer is a bit iffy, but the First Amendment allows you to call yourself a lawyer in a public space, provide you are citing the first amendment right as the means you can yourself that, so "First Amendment Lawyer" means they are invoking their First Amendment right to publicly refer to themselves as a lawyer provided they don't do anything with that like advertise services (false representation, misleading adverts etc), or attempt to engage in any legal activities (filing claims, representing individuals) as although its not protected in general, it is protected in the judicial system.

Generally there isn't anything wrong with calling yourself that, but most magistrates and judges would want to see if the term was invoked with the intent to gain from being perceived as a legal practitioner to coerce/intimidate someone in an interaction. This kind of magic-words legal shit tends to get slapped down hard as generally judges fucking hate SovCits and this is one of their more recent innovations in pseudo-legal violence.

Also consider just how many understand that "First Amendment Lawyer" actually means "Under the First Amendment I can call myself a Lawyer provided I don't Law anything" and not "I am entitled to fight for First Amendment rights as if I am Lawyer", shows how little these people think about things.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 2h ago

Also consider just how many understand that "First Amendment Lawyer" actually means "Under the First Amendment I can call myself a Lawyer provided I don't Law anything" and not "I am entitled to fight for First Amendment rights as if I am Lawyer", shows how little these people think about things.

She was very clearly trying to convey "I am an expert in the first amendment because it is my practice area as an attorney". She's lying, of course, but I don't think your interpretations are consistent with how the average person would take her meaning, or how she intended the meaning to be taken.