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In reply to the discussion: I was driving to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned today... [View all]billh58
(6,635 posts)18. Yes, of course
we are all free to not listen to anything. When "free speech" becomes incitement and/or sedition, however, how are we able to be free from the ramifications of an attack on our government by those who have been radicalized by that same "free speech" if we do nothing?
It isn't a matter of simply ignoring the radical right-wing seditionists, it is a matter of confronting them and presenting the truth in order to protect our constitutional democracy. It is a matter of denouncing and eradicating hatred, bigotry, and racism in all of its forms.
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Doesn't this case specifically exclude fraud and defamation from its holding?
MerryHolidays
Apr 2021
#9
He's a public figure. The bar is much higher. Here's another one that won't go anywhere:
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2021
#32
If one person yells fire in a theater it is far different than one person with a microphone
doc03
Apr 2021
#2
Reagan also killed off defined benefit pension plans, started taxing SS and un-employment benefits
doc03
Apr 2021
#55
Don't forget sex with demons - that's what actually causes Covid. And alien DNA in the vaccines!
Native
Apr 2021
#21
And to think that, what do they say, like 1/3 of all Americans have a thyroid problem?
Native
Apr 2021
#49
That's horrible! It makes me so sad and so damn angry that you had to go thru all of that!
Native
Apr 2021
#52
Four decades of Limbaugh provided the model for this shit. It's everywhere now. nt
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2021
#34
Someone in the public eye - or "ear" so to speak - should have the right to say such idiocy.
BobTheSubgenius
Apr 2021
#39