• SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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    4 days ago

    We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it because apparently it needs repeating: Donald Trump is not a free speech president.

    TBF, I don’t recall him ever claiming he was pro free speech for everybody - he obviously only had certain types in mind, but avoided saying the quiet part out loud (one of the few times he managed that for so long successfully).

    😔

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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      4 days ago

      The thing is that I actually do think there are also threats to free speech from the left, though this might be less of an issue than ~10 years ago. They are all bad and I won’t hesitate to criticize any of them.

      • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 days ago

        I think it’s more that the right just wanted to say hateful gross shit without getting cancelled. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from the consequences of being a gross hateful dickhead