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What attack on free speech?

Are you talking about curtailing hate speech and incitation to violence? You know that in most wealthy nations, such actions are prohibited by law? The USA has an overly broad interpretation of free speech, which leads to hate crimes.

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You need to understand what will happen if we start prohibiting speech because it "incites violence." Today, you might be happy to have Trump supporters' speech curtailed. But what if that standard was used in the past? I guarantee you MLK's and Malcom X's speech would be curtailed for inciting violence. What might happen in the future? I am not a Trump supporter by any means, but I am a firm believer in the First Amendment and I think everyone needs to stop being so short sighted. And to OP's point, yes, I know some liberals who are steering their kids toward schools like Chicago that have made clear that they value free speech over wokeness.[/quote]

You should pick up a history book.  MLK was hounded relentlessly be the FBI - they received authority to wiretap him specifically in order to record him having extramarital sex in an effort to discredit the civil rights movement.  Fred Hampton was murdered in his bed by police.  Angel Davis was held in jail for a year on flimsy charges for which she was eventually aquitted.  It's not a question of "if we start prohibiting speech" - we already do that.  The question is when we prohibit speech.  Historically, the posture of the US government has been to prohibit the speech of Black, brown and poor people who are seeking equal protection under the law.  Folks are now suggesting that instead we prohibit active terrorist recruitment, direct incitement to violence and political intimidation and voter suppression through things like people brining weapons to polling places.

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