• S_204@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Free speech being stifled by the Liberals. They’re more and more like the far right every day.

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      5 months ago

      “Freedom of Speech” is not “Freedom to get a free soapbox anywhere you feel like whenever you feel like”.

      In your version, anybody in the World has a right to address Congress whenever they feel like, in which case it should be first come first served and Netanyahu can join the line just everybody else (as giving priority to some would interfere in everybody else’s “Freedom”).

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        No one is saying free speech is giving the entire world a soapbox wherever they want .

        We’re talking about someone who has been invited by the speaker of the House to speak in front of Congress. This isn’t any random person on a soapbox. This is the speaker of the House of Representatives making an official US government invitation to an ally. Undermining that is absolutely stifling Free speech.

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          5 months ago

          That’s still not free speech tho.

          But in any case, why does it matter?

          Is Bibi a US citizen?

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      5 months ago

      Not wanting people to speak before Congress is STIFLING FREE SPEECH but banning books, drag shows, certain religions in school, protests, pronouns, tribal modifiers and minority hairstyles is NOT!

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      5 months ago

      So you think “free speech” means a foreign leader who is actively committing a genocide must be allowed to speak directly to Congress?

      Do you think Putin should be able to? What about NK or China’s leaders?

      How pissed are you when peaceful protesters are attacked by cops?

      Because that actually is a free speech issue. But no one is entitled to give a speech to Congress.