I just think the danger of suppression of political dissent is so great and
so much more dangerous to our republic that we need to be extremely, extremely careful about what we ask for here.
And this isn’t just something coming from the left. Trump and the right have been demanding speech regulation also. Trying to regulate who can “fact check” the president. Was the Steele Dossier” true, misinformation or lies? Who decides whether the media can talk about it?
I fear there is a ton of willingness on a lot of sides to stifle, limit, suppress speech (or even force speech - I.e complaining that the Hunter Biden stuff was not widely published, demanding people affirmatively support Black Lives Matter) that people disagree with. It seems great when it is the other guys “dangerous” speech that you are suppressing - but if we know anything about politics it’s that this will turn back you eventually.
[Post edited by RML Hoos at 01/14/2021 10:42AM]
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Posted: 01/14/2021 at 10:39AM