Didn't republicans make truth social and the other rightwing shitholes specifically because "tHeY'rE cEnSoRiNg Us" for saying shit more vile than what they're throwing a fit about now?
It's almost like they want censorship for everyone but themselves.
Higgins, who chairs the House Oversight Committee’s subcommittee on federal law enforcement, argued restrictions are not censorship but a defense of constitutional order. “The reasonable restriction of public statements that lie far beyond the standards of our own society is not an oppression of free speech. It is, rather, the protection of free speech,” he claimed.
If Republicans didn't have double standards, they would have no standards at all. They would just selectively enforce and wear the hypocrisy as a badge like fascists do. It'd just be a way to flex their power while giving them a new way to attack and harass.
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RunningInRVA@lemmy.world · 113 pts · 323d
So they don’t support free speech? I thought that’s why this guy was a martyr somehow.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 322d
Yeah...these people really don't understand irony, at all.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 322d
Fascists don't believe in the meaning of words.
They are free to play in bad faith, while libs waste time and energy debating their bad faith arguments; exactly what the bad faith actor wanted.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 322d
Exactly.
Words are nothing but weapons to them, tactics to distract, demoralize, dogwhistle, whatever.
You do not speak to a fascist with words.
You speak to them with a fucking baseball bat.
... not like they would ever do any good with a working jaw anyway.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 322d
It's only about Nazi free speech. They'll pretend we all need to allow their free speech, no matter how hateful, because, "free speech".
But they don't have any intent of YOU having free speech.
That's the paradox of tolerance that Popper talked about....
Assassassin@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 323d
Didn't republicans make truth social and the other rightwing shitholes specifically because "tHeY'rE cEnSoRiNg Us" for saying shit more vile than what they're throwing a fit about now?
It's almost like they want censorship for everyone but themselves.
aramis87@fedia.io · 17 pts · 322d
They want their speech out of their hate-infested echo chambers so that they can start infecting more of the populace.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 322d
They would love it if everyone was forced to be exposed to their spew. They think people being to ignore/block/unaffiliate with them is "censorship".
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 322d
The Nazi playbook.
CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one · 3 pts · 322d
Almost like? No, that's the actual point.
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 51 pts · 323d
The Snowflake Bill
don@lemmy.ca · 46 pts · 322d
For a state as homophobic as Louisiana, they sure do love gobbling them some old man dementia cock
Reygle@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 322d
CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one · 3 pts · 322d
And dead man cock if he's any indication.
RaoulDuke@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 321d
I bet every MAGAt has a small peepee.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 322d
I demand Louisiania republiQans shut the fuck up
devolution@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 323d
Fat bald old white man. Checks out.
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com · 11 pts · 323d
devolution@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 323d
Correction: fat old bald conservative white man. Checks out.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 323d
And I demand Trump be arrested
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 322d
party of free speech
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 321d
Wait, I thought this party was about trying to legalize comedy again. Because no one was allowed to laugh prior to Taco being back in office.
What happened?
CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one · 9 pts · 322d
Insert 1984 slogan here.
*edit: glad he's dead.
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 321d
FREEDOM! SMALL GOVERNMENT! ANTI CANCEL CULTURE! NOT SNOWFLAKES!
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 321d
Any anti-Charlie Kirk post is a pro-humanity post.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 322d
If these people aren't the most butthurt snowflakes ever over this podcaster, they sure are pretending to be.
JFC.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 6 pts · 322d
And I demand that Louisiana Republicans get deleted, but we don't all get what we want, do we?
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 322d
How very free speech of them.
maplebar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 321d
Try that shit on the fediverse, chump.
QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 322d
Sounds very anti free speech
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 5 pts · 323d
"I had the Constitution printed on custom toilet paper. Never has wiping felt so good!"
fedupwithbureaucracy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 322d
He know he physically beats his children
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 322d
He can come to New Orleans if he wants to find out. All this bluster and can’t even take a street car 7 blocks or whatever.
putitoutwithyourbootsted@piefed.social · 3 pts · 322d
so much free speech!
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 322d
❄
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 322d
Reddit is already way ahead of him.
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 323d
deadtom@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 323d
If Republicans didn't have double standards, they would have no standards at all. They would just selectively enforce and wear the hypocrisy as a badge like fascists do. It'd just be a way to flex their power while giving them a new way to attack and harass.