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[–] ScientiaPotentia ago 

If the free will of the American people were unchained things would go very poorly for "special interests".

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[–] Voxxe ago 

Free speech is neither left or right is on the Libertarian - Authoritarian Axis. That said, go as far authoritarian as you realy need to or want, but not on free expression, if you get rid of free speech its like making your whole society blind, deaf, and dumb. That said having hairy naked old guys walking around isn't appealing, but these things should be decided locally.

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[–] iamjanesleftnipple ago 

You obviously didn't live through the bush administration

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[–] cointelpro_shill 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The people in power don't care about you! Wake the fuck up America! When are you going to do something about it?

liberals protest Donald Trump rally cuz they think he's Hitler

NO YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO STAND UP AGAINST MUH DONALD

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[–] cointelpro_shill ago 

Right, why protest Donald Trump? Just avoid him. It's not like he's gonna be leading the country or anything

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[–] laikaislost 7 points 2 points (+9|-7) ago 

Do people understand what free speech is?

Free speech is being able to say what you want without fear of being arrested by the government.

Free speech is not having the platform to say whatever you want whenever you want without intervention by the public.


Example:

The WBC is free to protest a funeral, just the same way that other people are free to drown them out by yelling over top of them.

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[–] laikaislost 3 points -1 points (+2|-3) ago  (edited ago)

Why should Brandon Eich have gotten fired from Mozilla for giving money to an anti-gay marriage campaign?

Because a company has decided that they don't want to alienate some of their customer base (the gays), and when an employee's donation publicly reflects negatively on the company's image, they should have the right to take action. The problem is that for Brandon, the donation was not limited to his private life. When people associated it with Mozilla rather than Brandon, it stopped being private.

Mozilla and Brandon still have free speech since no one was arrested. It just Mozilla is profit motivated, and it is not good business to piss off potential customers.

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[–] arrggg 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago 

In your example, the WBC assholes are smart enough to stay on public property and protest legally. They do not sneak into the ceremony and start screaming and waving signs during the eulogy, nor do they physically attack people and flip them off on the way out. That is trespassing, disturbing the peace, and assault.

These idiots are going to learn the hard way when Trump starts pressing charges, the paid protest organizers don't care about them and are setting them up for a PR stunt.

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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I fucking hate that word "the narrative." It's founded in literary critical theory/postmodernism which tries to imply that the world is just a story and physical reality doesn't matter. It should never be used in a context regarding facts except in a derogatory manner. They're not trying to "control the narrative," they're "spreading disinformation."

Anyhow, good on her for calling them out. Things have started to turn around lately on a number of fronts and it's good to see.

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[–] ninjajunkie 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

Because free speech and free thought are the only things that will destroy their narrative.

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[–] iamjanesleftnipple 5 points 35 points (+40|-5) ago 

Both sides do the same thing. It's time to stop thinking of this as a left/right problem.

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[–] B3bomber ago 

Correct. It's the wealthy vs. everyone else.

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[–] Sleek_Hart 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Why does anyone think Trump would be any better on free speech? He still wants Snowden assassinated and to massively increase the NSA.

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[–] Porom 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Pretty much, circumvention of our constitutional rights is about the only bipartisan thing that gets done in Washington.

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[–] brother_tempus 2 points 2 points (+4|-2) ago 

The GOP and the Dems are both left ...... the Libertarian party is on the right both in the poltical spectrum and their stance on free speech

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[–] Doomking_Grimlock ago 

If you're pushing both parties to the left now, you're missing the point. The idea of a political spectrum enclosed by the ideals of "Right" and "Left" is a construct. It has been used to manipulate and misdirect the people for decades, and so long as you keep using their words and working in their terms, you will never get anything done.

Just call them what they are: Garbage.

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[–] Al_Rubyx 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

The GOP and the dems are the same side now. What matters is establishment vs anti-.