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[–] [S] 189 points 1 year ago (1 child)

“We took the freedom of speech away,” President Donald Trump boasted in his opening remarks at his “antifa roundtable” Wednesday.

Wow... Despite the headline that still took me by surprise.

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do like Disney and instead of using actual American flags, use close approximations. Any action taken against you for burning a flag with 54 stars can net you a pretty penny in a civil suit!

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago

    Free speech maximalism. So much free speech for the likes of The Annoying Orange; zero for any unpersons.

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    [–] 30 points 1 year ago

    Correction: The Heritage Foundation stole your free speech.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    something like half the bill of rights.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Waiting for Mother Nature to take his free speech away

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    The era of free speech is over.

    Introducing $19.99/month speech. Say whatever you want for only twenty bucks a month!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If it comes with full criminal and civil protections, gimme. I'll squeeze every penny out and enrage a very choice populace whilst bringing others to tears.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    the gop have been soft-censoring democrat/left leaning free speech for a while, through media/Social media.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh but its exactly the same thing as people telling racists to fuck off though! BoTh SiDeS!!!

    /s

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    It's also exactly the same as fact-checking organized medical disinfo or Russian agitprop campaigns aimed at a politician's son just before an election...but mah freezed peach! I should have a right to use others' private platforms to spread Confederate Party propaganda and force their algorithm to shove it into everyone's feeds whether they want it or not! FREEEEEEDOM!

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  • [+] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    It was a stupid way for him to word that (no surprise, literally everything that comes out of his mouth is stupid), but I just want to point out that in the context of what he's saying, what he intended to convey is that he got rid of the "freedom of speech" defense specifically for flag burning. Which... he didn't. But he's trying to by writing yet another executive order to instruct the DoJ to prosecute flag burners. Because, you know... a plague of flag burning is among the biggest problems facing our nation today.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    we need to update the definition of comic book villainy to include "the simpsons called this"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Because there's limits to your liberties. At least I hope and pray there are. Because those liberal freaks, they go to far.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why wouldn't he? Americans continue to allow it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't recall allowing it. I only recall waking up every day and doing personal hygiene and getting dressed and eating breakfast and going to work and going to the gym and coming home and where the hell in my daily survival routine can I control whether or not the president of the United States allows me to have free speech?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Sounds like you had a nice comfortable day. That’s what I figured.

    Wouldn’t want to risk that comfort, right? Sounds like you’re willing to put up with quite a lot in order to remain comfortable.

    You’re allowing it every day you aren’t a threat to them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Comfortable? Did you miss the part I mentioned I'm only capable of eking out bare minimum survival? Don't you dare fucking blame your president on ME! I didn't even vote for that disgusting schlub.

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