During last year's Presidential campaign, the Democrats' artificial Regular Guy substitute Tim Walz publicly said that misinformation and hate speech were not protected speech. Walz was rightfully ridiculed on that matter, of course. But as time goes on it becomes clear how much of the political spectrum agrees with him, at least on some issues.
On First Amendment grounds these policies are dead in the water. But look at our establishment. Neither our Gaza policy nor Trump's curbing of free speech to protect same has caused as much weeping and gnashing of teeth as his actually quite rational disengagement from the Ukraine war. That's among the politicians and celebrities. How different are things on the grassroots/street level? Time will tell.
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Indeed - not so fringe with vaccines as confirmed here:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1896720120871002449
No idea why so many are onboard the Israeli bandwagon - they're wrong no matter who they are. To be anti-Zionist is not anti-Semitic but I believe the protesters should have laid off waving the Hamas flag.
Some 'regular guy'. Among other distasteful stuff he signed laws which expanded MinnesotaCare eligibility to illegal immigrants, provided free college tuition to illegal immigrants, provided driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Walz also signed a law which allows the state to seize temporary custody of a child whose parents refuse to provide 'gender affirming care'. These are just a few I found - there are many more.
Thank goodness the First Amendment compels free speech. Under Angela Raynor basphemy laws have made a horrifying comeback in Britain. She's quoted as saying this a ‘crucial step’ in tackling anti-Muslim hate crime and bigotry. In truth, it is laying the groundwork for an official speech code that will make it even harder to discuss some of the most important, sensitive and politically fraught issues of our time.
What's that saying: 'Move fast and break things'? Trump is making some serious mistakes with pronouncements like this one. I agree with Alex Morey.
Sorry, I got caught up in discussing the links. We read the sad news this afternoon that Trump and Netanyahu refused the Arab League's offer to rebuild Gaza while allowing the people to stay. Guess who wants that real estate and why? Disengaging from the war in Ukraine is a good thing as is the very real possibility of the US disengaging from NATO, slowly at first then all at once. Only one of these two things would have been different had the other party won. It looks like regular Democrats are turning their backs on that particular madness. You're right that time will tell for the rest. Meanwhile, it's entertaining so long as we don't get nuked, which had the appearance in inevitability.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/wake-call-polls-show-half-democrat-voters-are-tired-far-left-politics
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