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This is the republicans punishing groups of people they don't like.

RhodesianHunter 3y ago
Specifically people who can say what they want because they have no fear of losing their jobs. Pretty rich coming from the party of "free speech".
- drstewart 3y ago
  >Specifically people who can say what they want because they have no fear of losing their jobs. Ah, like the Supreme Court. Good thing we don't see anyone suddenly wanting to do away with lifetime appointments there, otherwise there might be some hypocrisy floating around.
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  - RhodesianHunter 3y ago
    You're comparing the ability to speak truth to power to the powerful being able to do whatever they want. I'm not sure how you reached the conclusion these are the same.
PartiallyTyped 3y ago
Indeed, the state shouldn't be able to silence free-speech regardless of how one feels for the content [1, 2]. One should use reason and logic to counter arguments instead of force [3]. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/desantis-florida-college-diversity-inclusion-ban-education-curriculum-political-agendas/672919/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/desantis-f... [2] https://time.com/6258304/florida-bill-ban-dei-crt-universities/ https://time.com/6258304/florida-bill-ban-dei-crt-universiti... [3] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/florida-covid-data-scientist-raid-desantis-b1767723.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
wyager 3y ago
We've been in a Schmittian friend/enemy political environment for decades now. We've long since abandoned politics-as-societal-optimization-mechanism; it's now just competition for resources. The republicans were just slow to get with the program and are now playing catch-up.
- themitigating 3y ago
  This comment is like a level below whataboutism. You're basically saying "the other side also did something similar" but you didn't provide examples

Specifically people who can say what they want because they have no fear of losing their jobs. Pretty rich coming from the party of "free speech".

drstewart 3y ago
>Specifically people who can say what they want because they have no fear of losing their jobs. Ah, like the Supreme Court. Good thing we don't see anyone suddenly wanting to do away with lifetime appointments there, otherwise there might be some hypocrisy floating around.
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- RhodesianHunter 3y ago
  You're comparing the ability to speak truth to power to the powerful being able to do whatever they want. I'm not sure how you reached the conclusion these are the same.

PartiallyTyped 3y ago

Indeed, the state shouldn't be able to silence free-speech regardless of how one feels for the content [1, 2]. One should use reason and logic to counter arguments instead of force [3]. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/desantis-florida-college-diversity-inclusion-ban-education-curriculum-political-agendas/672919/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/desantis-f... [2] https://time.com/6258304/florida-bill-ban-dei-crt-universities/ https://time.com/6258304/florida-bill-ban-dei-crt-universiti... [3] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/florida-covid-data-scientist-raid-desantis-b1767723.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

wyager 3y ago

We've been in a Schmittian friend/enemy political environment for decades now. We've long since abandoned politics-as-societal-optimization-mechanism; it's now just competition for resources. The republicans were just slow to get with the program and are now playing catch-up.

themitigating 3y ago
This comment is like a level below whataboutism. You're basically saying "the other side also did something similar" but you didn't provide examples