The trump admins anti free speech moves in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination have been monumentally stupid.
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What happened?
Pam Bondi is a disaster
Hope she misspoke and didn’t mean what she said!
Monkey see monkey do
The administration’s response proves Kirk’s greatest legacy isn’t his ideas, but demonstrating how quickly ‘free speech champions’ abandon principles when it’s politically convenient.
Please elaborate. I haven't heard anything about that.
All part of the plan. Never let a good crisis go to waste.
I wouldn't have expected anything less from the shitcoin president after being a lifelong grifter with fewer principles than an amoeba.
This is the one argument to stay on Twitter. Trump’s people have their ears on there and usually if people are loud enough about stuff they pivot. Guess we will see what they do here but bondi and Patel need to be fired asap
Search Bondi Free Speech Hate speech incoherent rambling
“There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters.”
- Daniel Webster
It feels like they're pushing the right towards authoritarianism
Oh shit, yeah
💯
And the right is buying it. It's an unforced error and going to have huge negative consequences.
No red no blue just them and you
I’m already fatigued about the whole thing.
Took a few days off, limited my YouTube to 1 hr max a day. Digital break/detox is much needed.
Seneca said we should avoid crowds.
Wha anti free speech moves?
Some of the moves (proposed or in motion) include:
1. Designating Antifa as a terrorist organization
Trump has announced plans to officially label the anti-fascist movement “Antifa” as a terrorist organization. Critics point out that Antifa is not a centralized group but a diffuse ideology/movement, so legal implications are murky. 
2. Targeting “hate speech”
Attorney General Pam Bondi has said the administration will “absolutely target” people who use what she deems “hate speech,” especially in the wake of Kirk’s death. 
3. Punishing or investigating people (including foreigners) for praising or rationalizing Kirk’s death
U.S. officials have signalled intent to take action (even consular/immigration/visa consequences) for foreigners who “make light of” or praise the killing. 
4. Firings and social/political pressure
People — including public employees, journalists, teachers — are losing jobs or facing major backlash over social media comments about the killing, including some that are critical of Kirk’s politics. Some employers are reacting quickly to public pressure. 
5. Blaming broad “radical left” or network claims
The administration is framing the issue not just as one act of violence, but as linked to wider left-wing extremism. They are talking about investigating NGO networks, funding sources, etc. 
Hopefully they dump Pam Bondi quick.
However, declaring Antifa a terrorist organization FINALLY, is good if not 10 years too late.
You made your bed, now you get to sleep in it.
And so do I lol........but at least I didn't play their game
“Never let a tragedy go to waste”
More surveillance is coming
The irony being that the Democrats are obsessed with going after Nazis and Republicans are obsessed with going after Antisemites. 🥾🥾
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Pam Bondi is an absolute joke. Been saying that for a while now.
monumentally unsurprising, too
Beast mode
I’m at that point. Been on my phone an unhealthy amount lately
Just get rid of kash patel and pam bondi, both are just absolute failures
Are you surprised?
Feels like? 😄
He is just playing 33d chess. Trust the plan. Q drop in 2 weeks.
Not particularly. I’m a pragmatist when it comes to politics
Trump was asked about Bondi's comments by an ABC reporter and he said:
"We’ll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. It’s hate. You have a lot of hate in your heart. Maybe they’ll come after ABC.”
He needs to go. The whole MAGA thing was just a way to introduce an authoritarian regime.
Farmers are going broke, as planned, they are preparing for the wheels to fall off.
Pam bondi needs to go for her hatespeech comment thats protected speech. But terrorism is not protected speech, and I'm sick of the media and left constantly lying about the right, we all know they're using specific language to enable crazies to be violent. Then there's people like Destiny saying "conservatives need to be afraid of getting killed when they go to events". Insane.
All part of the plan
Trump admin after the first 90 days have been monumentally stupid not gunna lie...
Still, Ross is free ✅
Kash Patel is a retard
How can anyone be surprised by this? The dude has authoritarian tendencies for sure.
depends on who you ask... cui bono?
Did they actually do anything other than retard Bondi statement?
Exactly🤝🏼
Thank you! I see it as a continuation of «cancel culture».
Imagine fighting against freedom of speech to then find yourself of the receiving end of censorship.
It’s sad snd ironic.
It’s all so tiresome and predictable
"never let a tragedy go to waste"
Those puppets have been told that they need to restrict people’s chances of criticizing the puppet masters. This might be the best chance they have.
And the FCC, which has been one of the most successful anti-free-speech arms of the Trump admin since day one.
But sadly we can’t pretend this doesn’t start at the top. Trump himself has repeatedly and consistently made statements indicating he doesn’t value free speech (when it’s criticizing him, in other contexts he does).
This all sounds amazing. The left has been doing these same dirty things for decades. I'd like the government to not do them at all, but you have to fight fire with fire. It's time they got a taste of their own medicine.
Does any politician talk about this? This is how you know both teams are playing you.
Until there is a repeal of Smith–Mundt "Modernization Act" of 2012 , and reestablishment of the original 1940s version, Americans will continue to be misled and divided by the MSM and its deep state puppet masters. Until then...go team go!
This is a bad take, what the leftist always told us "Free speech isn't without consequences", you reap what you sow. You people where fine with canceling people during Covid. And said some horrible things to demonize others that don't agree with your side. Bring back honest conversations.
What happend you people told us "Free speech isn't without consequences", you reap what you sow.
“You people”? I don’t believe I ever said that, please don’t lump me in with a left/right side just because I criticize government officials who deserve it.
Thanks for saying this. A lot of people here have been cheering it on.
Both the Left and the Right are two sides of the same coin dangled by the demons running the world.
Hurrrr durrr boff sydes do da tings duuuuuuur conspirrasy!!!
STFU no one loves you
It’s important to stay principled
Here's an honest conversation. You're the one with a bad take. The "free speech isn't without consequences" idea has much more nuance that you're apparently not seeing. 99% of the time, any sort of censorship that's justified, that justification should be directly related to consequences that go beyond speech and opinions. To use your own example during COVID, people were being censored (or in most cases, statements annotated) to quash the spread of conspiracy nonsense, disinformation, misinformation and relay to the public factual scientific info directly related to an ongoing health crisis. Lives being at stake is a much different scenario from precious MAGA snowflake feelings getting hurt.
I think at best the Trump admin got one thing right by accident.
It's strange that we didn't see this from the "LIBTARDS" when the politically motivated murder in Minnesota happened. As a European, I didn't have restrictions of free speech in America on my bingo card.
Strange times.
To be clear: It's not "ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel after comments about Charlie Kirk," it's "ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel after threats from Trump FCC chair"
The distinction matters here.
Sorry, mate. I don't speak or understand retard. Use English instead, buddy 👍🏻
Authoritarianism is always the same.
not the first stupidity from doland duck after all
What did you expect from an authoritarian?
It’s been wild to see the way things have been going. Speech control is like the one ring that the political class just can’t bring itself to destroy.
The fuckery within the Trump organization is vast. Stay frosty out there plebs!!!!
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There’s also this bizarre meta-free speech thing going on where the left is immediately jumping on the right for what they just did themselves not that long ago. But also not completely condemning it either. More just using as “proof” of both sides-ism. It’s all so tiresome.
Lol...
Pam Bondi makes me have misogynistic thoughts tbh
Talk about unforced errors 🤣
If you didn't see this coming you've been ignoring an important chunk of media
There is no unitary "left"
Politics exists on a spectrum, sure. Not sure what your point is though.
It seems common place to compound stupidity in quick secession when terrible events happen. I'm hoping this doesn't backfire.
FCC threatened ABC so ABC fired their lead retard.
lol
Antifa isn’t an organization per se. If you don’t understand that, you don’t understand anarchists. This is not a defense of Antifa, to be clear.
im eagerly awaiting Kimmel's rise on the podcast circuit for his insightful commentary and hilarious takes
When you trust more a man than any other proof, he become a god that can do anything even against you.
Gilead will become a reality soon if people don't wake up, like you do, on warning steps.
they were not in power when the MN murders happened or you would have seen it. When the Democrats *were* in power, there was a lot of suppression of speech in the name of safety, and liberals mocked the calls for freedom of speech.
Whichever party is in power, the direction is in more control over speech. It's only the rhetoric that changes.
Thank heavens for Nostr 💜
True shit 💩
“It's only the rhetoric that changes.”
🤯🤯
“Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right. And that there should be almost no checks and balances on it. I don’t feel that way anymore,”
Works until it doesn't, like most things.
Well as a pragmatic person I’m aware the government will fuck me no matter what
Bondi walked back the original statement and clarified the DOJ is only going after groups inciting violence.
They administration had and will continue to crack in “antisemitism” which is still bad, but they won’t go after you for other types of “hare speech”
Abolish the FCC