Free Speech

How the Right came to believe that they are the Defenders of Free Speech

Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 05/05/2022 - 12:24am

I've spent enough time on right-wing web sites to know that conservatives honestly and truly believe that they are the defenders of free speech, and that the "left" is an enemy of free speech. They aren't hypocrites, because that would imply that they are dishonest. They are in massive and deep denial.

Glen Greenwald, Rumble and the beginning of the end for Youtube

Submitted by Battle of Blair... on Sun, 08/15/2021 - 11:09pm

https://rumble.com/vl29vn-online-censorship-and-the-washington-posts-pro...

As Greenwald says, Youtube has become the bane of free speech. Censorship by the 1% is growing in leaps and bounds.
Rumble, which founded in 2013, refuses to moderate content. People have been flocking to it.
I'm just passing along the word.
Get ready to Rumble.

Hillary Clinton: Free Speech is "Authoritarian"

Submitted by movie buff on Sun, 01/26/2020 - 9:39am

So the former Secretary of State and twice-failed presidential candidate has made a few comments about social media to The Atlantic, and rarely have I seen Orwellian doublespeak laid out so plainly. I don't know if she lacks the self-awareness to realize how she sounds, or if for her, saying this stuff publicly is just an expression of power: I will say what I want because this is my world and all you little people just live in it.

The Lie That Is Freedom Of Speech

Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 12:49pm

If 'Murica truly had freedom of speech, then 'Murica itself would reflect that. But we fucking don't.

Let's be real here: The right-wing has had full carte blanche to say whatever the hell they want for as long as this plutocratic shitstate of a country has existed. Meanwhile, the victims of their bullshit are being charged with crimes while the actual criminals get away with it all.

Charlottesville, Are We Really Falling for the Trap (?), and Antifa...

Submitted by GeorgeJohn on Thu, 08/17/2017 - 12:11pm

OK, so…in the aftermath of Charlottesville…I am observing a couple of things…both pretty darn odd and unsettling. So this is a two-parter piece.

The first involves a rather patronizing dynamic of Prog Media personalities urging us not to ‘fall for the trap’ of C'ville. The warning is usually delivered along the lines of:

The Most Consequential Debate In Human History

Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 09/12/2016 - 4:57pm

... at least you'd think so for all the heated discussion it has spawned.

Sigh. Once there was a dream of a site where a community of smart, kind and decent people gathered to organize and make change.

I've been reading through the various threads from Sunday this morning debating whether the word "bitch" should be verboten on this site. One side of the debate is adamant that its use is hurtful and sexist. The other side of the debate is adamant that it is their "right" to use it, regardless of whether it offends people.

Both sides expect the site moderation to side with them and enforce their rights.

Hellraisers Journal: San Francisco Police Incite “Red Flag Riot” at Haywood-Moyer Protest Meeting

Submitted by JayRaye on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 12:57pm
There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Tuesday April 10, 1906
San Francisco, California - Police Attack Protest of Workingmen

Protestors Protect Worker's Red Flag, SF Call, Apr 9, 1906.png

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