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> Are you against this in principle, Yep and for the same reason free speech is protected. Because nobody can be trusted with being the arbiter of correct spee
by goatlover 6y ago
> Are you against this in principle,
Yep and for the same reason free speech is protected. Because nobody can be trusted with being the arbiter of correct speech, or which candidate to support. Sure, it sounds good for extreme right-wing examples, but there's no guarantee you can limit it to the worst extremes once people have that arbitrary power. Might be your job the mob decides to go after some day, because you chose the wrong candidate to support, according to whatever criteria they're using.
Also because donating to a presidential campaign has nothing to do with their work performance.
- baddox 6y agoNote that we’re talking about material support for a cause, not merely speech. You may conflate the two, and some legal systems do as well, but I don’t.