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House arresting the population for a few years and shutdown any discussion... Yea, def not a misuse of power...

mindslight 1y ago
Neither of those happened. Less than half of states had bona fide stay at home orders with the force of law, and they certainly did not last years. (Many states put out "stay at home orders" that in fact were merely strongly worded suggestions when it came to individuals)
- hhhhjjj 1y ago
  True, de jure, many states didn’t have enforceable stay-at-home laws, but de facto, closures, mandates, and social pressure still kept most people at home for ~year. You obviously had money, no kids, and AC. Glad you had a better time of it than many.
Moomoomoo309 1y ago
You do realize all of those things initially happened before Jan 6th, 2021, when DJT was president? This is the pot calling the kettle black here. As for the free speech chilling, the current administration has targeted people who talk ill of the president, which is a much more direct and egregious chilling effect on speech than what happened during the lockdown. Biden's admin did no such thing. Platforms may have taken down alleged "misinformation" (which they are also doing for the current admin, too!), but the Biden admin didn't target anyone who talked ill of him or his admin. If you have counter examples, feel free to provide them.
- hhhhjjj 1y ago
  I said nothing about trump. Both parties are guilty of huge abuse. Biden did not fixed it when he got in office. Stop picking sides and see it isn't binary and both parties are rotten.
  - kadoban 1y ago
    Biden didn't fix what? There were no lockdowns, or anything like it, by the time Biden took office.
  - Moomoomoo309 1y ago
    Look at the grandparent comment to what I replied to. I'm not picking sides, they did. I agree, both parties are rotten, but in a thread pointing out the left abused power where the right did not, you need to swing the opposite way to end up there.

Neither of those happened. Less than half of states had bona fide stay at home orders with the force of law, and they certainly did not last years. (Many states put out "stay at home orders" that in fact were merely strongly worded suggestions when it came to individuals)

hhhhjjj 1y ago
True, de jure, many states didn’t have enforceable stay-at-home laws, but de facto, closures, mandates, and social pressure still kept most people at home for ~year. You obviously had money, no kids, and AC. Glad you had a better time of it than many.

Moomoomoo309 1y ago

You do realize all of those things initially happened before Jan 6th, 2021, when DJT was president? This is the pot calling the kettle black here. As for the free speech chilling, the current administration has targeted people who talk ill of the president, which is a much more direct and egregious chilling effect on speech than what happened during the lockdown. Biden's admin did no such thing. Platforms may have taken down alleged "misinformation" (which they are also doing for the current admin, too!), but the Biden admin didn't target anyone who talked ill of him or his admin. If you have counter examples, feel free to provide them.

hhhhjjj 1y ago
I said nothing about trump. Both parties are guilty of huge abuse. Biden did not fixed it when he got in office. Stop picking sides and see it isn't binary and both parties are rotten.
- kadoban 1y ago
  Biden didn't fix what? There were no lockdowns, or anything like it, by the time Biden took office.
- Moomoomoo309 1y ago
  Look at the grandparent comment to what I replied to. I'm not picking sides, they did. I agree, both parties are rotten, but in a thread pointing out the left abused power where the right did not, you need to swing the opposite way to end up there.