Double_R wrote:
What do you think about this?
I think it is yet anther hilarious example of how the political right couldn't care less about the principals they pretend to embrace as foundational to their indefensible support for Trump.
For years now that's all we heard, free speech, free speech, free speech. Then these morons watch as Trump constantly uses his presidential bullhorn to attack journalists, deports people for writing negative stories about him, bans lawfirms from government buildings for representing clients who opposed him, sicks the FEC on any outlet producing content he doesn't like, and now tries to ban entire media outlets *explicitly* because he doesn't like they're coverage of him... And they have nothing to say.
But tell me more about how Biden complained to Twitter about people spreading lies about a pandemic that was literally killing people by the millions.
What's absolutely clear is that these idiots do not understand the most basic reason the first amendment was... the first amendment. It wasn't because the framers were worried about people's rights to be assholes on social media. It was literally because they feared exactly what Trump is trying to do.
That's why I started this thread, we had posters here screeching Free Speech about the moderators doing their job in a place where free speech doesn't apply, and about things that are not protected speech anyway, this was pointed out and they didn't miss a beat screaming free speech, free speech ad nauseum.
Then Trump takes a huge crap on the 1st amendment, like you said, this is specifically why we mandate free speech, and its crickets from our free speech crowd, and its crickets from our congressional majority, you know, the people who took an oath swearing to defend the constitution.
I always try to get the Trumpers to step up in defense of their cult hero, but nope, all they know or care about is hating the opposition.
This is one of the most damaging, and unconstitutional thing to happen in decades, and the people who need to care, couldn't give a crap less.
What's really going to destroy this country is apathy.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke