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Moreover, recent events seem to indicate that it is precisely conservatives who are interested in using state power to silence speech: https://medium.com/s/ove
by freen 8y ago
Moreover, recent events seem to indicate that it is precisely conservatives who are interested in using state power to silence speech:
https://medium.com/s/oversight/devin-nunes-has-a-cow-and-free-speech-is-endangered-90ae649dc569 https://medium.com/s/oversight/devin-nunes-has-a-cow-and-fre...
- ThrowawayR2 8y agoAnd your point is ...? That conservatives attempting to silence speech makes the lesser attempts of progressives to silence speech okay by comparison? That both conservatives and progressives are birds of a feather in their attempts to limit freedom of speech?
- freen 8y agoOne is keen on using state power: lawsuits and the office of the president. The other simply uses speech in response. You seem to think that critical speech should be less protected that bigoted speech. I’m baffled by that position.
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- freen 8y agoConservatives are keen on using the power of the state to limit speech. And you are apparently keen on using state power to limit my ability to react to the speech of others.