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Richard Stengel was just appointed to Biden's transition team: Stengel wrote last year in a Washington Post op-ed that US freedom of speech was too unfettered
by at-fates-hands 6y ago
Richard Stengel was just appointed to Biden's transition team:
Stengel wrote last year in a Washington Post op-ed that US freedom of speech was too unfettered and that changes must be considered:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/29/why-america-needs-hate-speech-law/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/29/why-ameri...
Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley warned about Stengel’s appointment in a column Tuesday: “It would be difficult to select a more anti-free speech figure to address government media policy, one has to assume that Biden will continue the onslaught against this core freedom as president.”
He noted that Biden himself had publicly advocated restrictions on speech during the campaign: “Biden called for greater speech controls on the Internet and denounced Twitter for allowing others to speak freely.”
One side of the political aisle rallies against social media for censoring their posts while the other side says social media don't censor enough. I feel there is a simmering battle over a lot of our constitutionally protected rights which is about to reach a crescendo depending on what the Biden administration does in the next few years.
- justin66 6y agoBiden's transition team will include many Actual Republicans as well. Including the experts they consult with, you're talking about hundreds of people. It's a mistake to infer that he will or will not be basing policy positions solely on their opinions.