Is Free Speech Under Attack in this Country?

[sturg33]

I'm also more concerned about the society snuffing out open and free debate than I am about government arresting a few protestors. Why? Bc those protesters have rights that will be upheld thanks to our constitution. Government has arrested protesters for decades because government flat out sucks.

However, people getting fired or cancelled or disowned or removed from college simply for the sin of being a republican publicly is not protected by our rights.

I might borrow a phrase... The damage being done to free and open debate is incalculable

[nsacpi]

Everytime there has been force you claim authoritarianism against peaceful protesters.

In reality... Force rarely gets used except in extreme violent situations.

But I notice the left takes victory on either side... Cities burning down? Trump's America has failed. Violent protesters being dealt with? Trump is an authoritarian fascist.

huh...i post stuff about antifa all the time

[nsacpi]

btw i have no doubt the antifans are delighted to have the paramilitary federal forces mixing it up with the protesters

antifans, right wing militias, and very poorly chosen one are all united in wanting to see things spiral out of control...they're all in a sense united in having very little interest in seeing society address its problems in a constructive way

[goldfly]

I remember the days when you claimed to be that

Lol

Yeah, me too. I just found my Ron Paul shirt I had a few years ago

I said thankfully I grew out of thst barrow thinking

I would never admit I didn’t classify myself as that for a time being.

Not sure the funny part

[goldfly]

Violence isn’t a 1st amendment right

That’s correct

Violence is the 2nd amendment right

[Tomahawking4life]

Yeah, me too. I just found my Ron Paul shirt I had a few years ago

I said thankfully I grew out of thst barrow thinking

I would never admit I didn’t classify myself as that for a time being.

Not sure the funny part

Grew out of loving freedom...that's sad

[goldfly]

Nope, love it

Oh, you don’t understand sarcasm or need a font for it

But keep moving those goal posts to get whatever point you are trying to make

[57Brave]

It's funny. I start a thread about free speech being attacked in this country and get endlessly mocked for it... Then am asked where I am when free speech is being attacked.

Sturg doesn't think federal agents should be arresting people in Portland. But sturg doesn't think federal buildings should be in Portland to begin with. Rioters are destroying the federal buildings... Local police won't address it... Federal agents are.

Sturg believes in property rights, you know. Violence is not a first amendment right.

Nathan H. Rubin
@NathanHRubin
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Argentina had a secret police during the Dirty War.

It’s estimated that 30,000 citizens were “disappeared” from 1978 - 1983.

The Argentine Anticommunist Alliance would hunt down political activists,

students, unionists, etc. and silence dissent.

We cannot let that happen here.

[57Brave]

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/474091-3...it_nosession=1



As some federal officers rushed to push down makeshift barricades propped against the outer doors of the courthouse, one officer pushed David back. He stood stock still as several more officers swarmed forward, striking him with a baton and pepper spraying him. David says he lost his vision momentarily, due to the spray and clouds of tear gas engulfing the park

[goldfly]

Fascism keeps expanding

And freedom boy still more upset about twitter bannings

[goldfly]

[sturg33]

This is unacceptable.

I really hope local authorities can take back control ASAP.

[nsacpi]

“I’m appalled and disappointed at the feds’ behavior — that whoever led them and trained them allowed them to become this way,” Mr. David said. “This is a failure of leadership more than it is a failure of their own individual behavior towards me.”

I think Mr. David is being generous. These federal forces are there to provoke and escalate. They are actually performing as their leadership would like them to. Mature laidership would be looking to de-escalate the situation in Portland. very poorly chosen one wants red meat to excite his ever shrinking base.

[goldfly]

[57Brave]

This is unacceptable.

I really hope local authorities can take back control ASAP.

It is Trumps call.

He calls off the feds or he doesnt
ALL Oregon officials have asked as much

[nsacpi]

This is what mature laidership looks like.

[sturg33]

If we all agree that we dont feds intervening... and we can all see local police is unwilling to, what do you all suspect is best option to start restoring order and protecting property rights in the area?

[nsacpi]

It is Trumps call.

He calls off the feds or he doesnt
ALL Oregon officials have asked as much

he is a coward...and his minions will have to explain to their grandchildren what they did in the past four years

[nsacpi]

If we all agree that we dont feds intervening... and we can all see local police is unwilling to, what do you all suspect is best option to start restoring order and protecting property rights in the area?

the magic word is de-escalate

it takes time, persistence...the bad actors in Portland want an escalation...so they are going to keep damaging property...arrest them where possible but mainly the focus should be on de-escalating the situation

we've seen this movie before...bad actors try to hijack a popular movement...at some point the people who support the popular movement need to go home and distance themselves from the bad actors...but the federal presence has the opposite effect...it is meant to escalate the situation...the antifans and very poorly chosen one want the same thing...neither has anything constructive to offer

[Tomahawking4life]

Strange place to go to ask questions about the constitution.