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Anonymous wrote:https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3982207-biden-seeks-to-flip-the-script-on-freedom-in-2024/

Does this include, say, freedom to practice one’s religion?

Freedom to vaccinate one’s own body, or not, as one prefers?

Freedom to speak as one likes, and not be forced to adopt words and concepts invented in the last 5 nanoseconds of human history?

Freedom from mandatory political indoctrination sessions at work?

I would really hate to see Trump Part Deux, but I can see this messaging backfiring big time. Personally I would have liked to see the focus be on “stability” because I think that’s what got Joe 95% of his votes last time.

Let me say, on behalf of all normal people, that you are such a whiny little victim. All the time, all day every day, a whiny little victim.

Go live that beautiful life you want the freedom to enjoy. Stop complaining that all the Black people and trans people are somehow getting in your way. It's clear, you are the one getting in your own way.

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

please do

elaborate on how schools, permeated with DEI initiatives, social and emotional learning, etc. teach "Christian fundamentalist culture"

also please elaborate on the Left's efforts to defend freedom of speech for regular citizens

Texas wants prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/04/21/ten-commandments-and-prayer-in-public-schools-texas-senate-approves-religious-bills/

Except, some of us are Hindu, or Muslim, and that's not part of our scripture. And, the Ten Commandments has absolutely nothing to do with federal or state law, so why is it being brought in to glare down on school children as if it's law? What if you're Jewish and you don't accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and pray the way the school says you should?

And as for "regular citizens and free speech" versus the left... you people on the right seem to have a funny idea about what free speech is, and how it works.

People on the left aren't forbidding you from saying anything. But what they are doing is, if you say something that's racist, misogynist, or a lie, et cetera they will call you out for it, and if that goes viral, there's likelihood of you being embarrassed, having it catch the attention of your employer, your sponsor, your advertisers et cetera, who in turn may have the right to fire you, to pull support from you, et cetera. You have the right to speak, but the problem you on the right seem to have trouble understanding is that free speech is not a one way street. You have the right to say what you want, but others also have the right to speak, and to counter what you said. THAT is how free speech works. You HAVE free speech - nobody ever took that away from you - but need to understand that it can come with consequences. A better solution would be to not say jackass things in the first place, if you don't want to be called out for being a jackass. But that choice is also yours to freely make, or not.

That's the definition of the "chilling effect."

And?

You have the right to say whatever you want. Are you suggesting only you have the right but not others with contrasting viewpoints. If you want to use the N word, go for it, but expect blowback. That is all the PP is saying. Are you suggesting there shouldn't be blowback for using the N Word?

Should there be blowback for participating in BDS? For supporting the Palestinian cause? If not, why does it exist?

Stop pretending the "chilling effect" is some kind of cosmic justice. It's not. It's a product of a well motivated, well funded minority group that yells the loudest.

I mean imagine if JK Rowling was poor and not famous?

We are living on the edge of a Christian Nationalist hijacking our country....I really don't care about any other "well funded minority group" until we get this threat eradicated. If that means there is a little pushback on BDS or some other relatively minor issues, then so be it. If you are too much of a snowflake to be bothered by this given the threat of an autocratic right wing takeover of the United States, then as Benjamin Franklin said, 'a republic, if we can keep it'

yep, we're right on the cusp of Christian Nationalists controlling everything

good luck eradicating them, I mean, there are so MANY, and they run all the universities, and the big businesses, and the news outlets, and they make up basically the entire staff of the federal government, and I just don't know how they can ever be defeated

Handmaid's Tale is just fiction

however, the various accounts of left totalitarianism in the 20th century are not

Who are the left totalitarians in the US? Are you comparing wanting healthcare with authoritariansim? And you ignore how limiting a woman's right to control her body or what books can be read or what a corporation can say from the right? That is either ignorant or ridiculously dangerous.

PP is correct. The idea that this country is being controlled by "Christian Nationalists" is purely laughable.
And, she gave plenty of examples of how this claim is absurd.
You can still get your desired abortion. And, no books have been banned. You can read whatever the hell you want to read (unless it is a story that has been banned from social media by Big Tech in collusion with the government).

Anonymous wrote:https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3982207-biden-seeks-to-flip-the-script-on-freedom-in-2024/

Does this include, say, freedom to practice one’s religion?

Freedom to vaccinate one’s own body, or not, as one prefers?

Freedom to speak as one likes, and not be forced to adopt words and concepts invented in the last 5 nanoseconds of human history?

Freedom from mandatory political indoctrination sessions at work?

I would really hate to see Trump Part Deux, but I can see this messaging backfiring big time. Personally I would have liked to see the focus be on “stability” because I think that’s what got Joe 95% of his votes last time.

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

please do

elaborate on how schools, permeated with DEI initiatives, social and emotional learning, etc. teach "Christian fundamentalist culture"

also please elaborate on the Left's efforts to defend freedom of speech for regular citizens

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

please do

elaborate on how schools, permeated with DEI initiatives, social and emotional learning, etc. teach "Christian fundamentalist culture"

also please elaborate on the Left's efforts to defend freedom of speech for regular citizens

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

please do

elaborate on how schools, permeated with DEI initiatives, social and emotional learning, etc. teach "Christian fundamentalist culture"

also please elaborate on the Left's efforts to defend freedom of speech for regular citizens

Texas wants prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/04/21/ten-commandments-and-prayer-in-public-schools-texas-senate-approves-religious-bills/

Except, some of us are Hindu, or Muslim, and that's not part of our scripture. And, the Ten Commandments has absolutely nothing to do with federal or state law, so why is it being brought in to glare down on school children as if it's law? What if you're Jewish and you don't accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and pray the way the school says you should?

And as for "regular citizens and free speech" versus the left... you people on the right seem to have a funny idea about what free speech is, and how it works.

People on the left aren't forbidding you from saying anything. But what they are doing is, if you say something that's racist, misogynist, or a lie, et cetera they will call you out for it, and if that goes viral, there's likelihood of you being embarrassed, having it catch the attention of your employer, your sponsor, your advertisers et cetera, who in turn may have the right to fire you, to pull support from you, et cetera. You have the right to speak, but the problem you on the right seem to have trouble understanding is that free speech is not a one way street. You have the right to say what you want, but others also have the right to speak, and to counter what you said. THAT is how free speech works. You HAVE free speech - nobody ever took that away from you - but need to understand that it can come with consequences. A better solution would be to not say jackass things in the first place, if you don't want to be called out for being a jackass. But that choice is also yours to freely make, or not.

That's the definition of the "chilling effect."

And?

You have the right to say whatever you want. Are you suggesting only you have the right but not others with contrasting viewpoints. If you want to use the N word, go for it, but expect blowback. That is all the PP is saying. Are you suggesting there shouldn't be blowback for using the N Word?

Should there be blowback for participating in BDS? For supporting the Palestinian cause? If not, why does it exist?

Stop pretending the "chilling effect" is some kind of cosmic justice. It's not. It's a product of a well motivated, well funded minority group that yells the loudest.

I mean imagine if JK Rowling was poor and not famous?

We are living on the edge of a Christian Nationalist hijacking our country....I really don't care about any other "well funded minority group" until we get this threat eradicated. If that means there is a little pushback on BDS or some other relatively minor issues, then so be it. If you are too much of a snowflake to be bothered by this given the threat of an autocratic right wing takeover of the United States, then as Benjamin Franklin said, 'a republic, if we can keep it'

yep, we're right on the cusp of Christian Nationalists controlling everything

good luck eradicating them, I mean, there are so MANY, and they run all the universities, and the big businesses, and the news outlets, and they make up basically the entire staff of the federal government, and I just don't know how they can ever be defeated

Handmaid's Tale is just fiction

however, the various accounts of left totalitarianism in the 20th century are not

Who are the left totalitarians in the US? Are you comparing wanting healthcare with authoritariansim? And you ignore how limiting a woman's right to control her body or what books can be read or what a corporation can say from the right? That is either ignorant or ridiculously dangerous.

PP is correct. The idea that this country is being controlled by "Christian Nationalists" is purely laughable.
And, she gave plenty of examples of how this claim is absurd.
You can still get your desired abortion. And, no books have been banned. You can read whatever the hell you want to read (unless it is a story that has been banned from social media by Big Tech in collusion with the government).

Anonymous wrote:Also - I feel bad bringing Ibram Kendi into it, but since so many people take him seriously I guess it’s fair game

Check out his idea for a “Department of Anti Racism” and again - think about what something like this would be in practice - how it could be used, how utterly hostile it is to freedom

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

please do

elaborate on how schools, permeated with DEI initiatives, social and emotional learning, etc. teach "Christian fundamentalist culture"

also please elaborate on the Left's efforts to defend freedom of speech for regular citizens

Texas wants prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/04/21/ten-commandments-and-prayer-in-public-schools-texas-senate-approves-religious-bills/

Except, some of us are Hindu, or Muslim, and that's not part of our scripture. And, the Ten Commandments has absolutely nothing to do with federal or state law, so why is it being brought in to glare down on school children as if it's law? What if you're Jewish and you don't accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and pray the way the school says you should?

And as for "regular citizens and free speech" versus the left... you people on the right seem to have a funny idea about what free speech is, and how it works.

People on the left aren't forbidding you from saying anything. But what they are doing is, if you say something that's racist, misogynist, or a lie, et cetera they will call you out for it, and if that goes viral, there's likelihood of you being embarrassed, having it catch the attention of your employer, your sponsor, your advertisers et cetera, who in turn may have the right to fire you, to pull support from you, et cetera. You have the right to speak, but the problem you on the right seem to have trouble understanding is that free speech is not a one way street. You have the right to say what you want, but others also have the right to speak, and to counter what you said. THAT is how free speech works. You HAVE free speech - nobody ever took that away from you - but need to understand that it can come with consequences. A better solution would be to not say jackass things in the first place, if you don't want to be called out for being a jackass. But that choice is also yours to freely make, or not.

That's the definition of the "chilling effect."

And?

You have the right to say whatever you want. Are you suggesting only you have the right but not others with contrasting viewpoints. If you want to use the N word, go for it, but expect blowback. That is all the PP is saying. Are you suggesting there shouldn't be blowback for using the N Word?

Should there be blowback for participating in BDS? For supporting the Palestinian cause? If not, why does it exist?

Stop pretending the "chilling effect" is some kind of cosmic justice. It's not. It's a product of a well motivated, well funded minority group that yells the loudest.

I mean imagine if JK Rowling was poor and not famous?

We are living on the edge of a Christian Nationalist hijacking our country....I really don't care about any other "well funded minority group" until we get this threat eradicated. If that means there is a little pushback on BDS or some other relatively minor issues, then so be it. If you are too much of a snowflake to be bothered by this given the threat of an autocratic right wing takeover of the United States, then as Benjamin Franklin said, 'a republic, if we can keep it'

yep, we're right on the cusp of Christian Nationalists controlling everything

good luck eradicating them, I mean, there are so MANY, and they run all the universities, and the big businesses, and the news outlets, and they make up basically the entire staff of the federal government, and I just don't know how they can ever be defeated

Handmaid's Tale is just fiction

however, the various accounts of left totalitarianism in the 20th century are not

Who are the left totalitarians in the US? Are you comparing wanting healthcare with authoritariansim? And you ignore how limiting a woman's right to control her body or what books can be read or what a corporation can say from the right? That is either ignorant or ridiculously dangerous.

PP is correct. The idea that this country is being controlled by "Christian Nationalists" is purely laughable.
And, she gave plenty of examples of how this claim is absurd.
You can still get your desired abortion. And, no books have been banned. You can read whatever the hell you want to read (unless it is a story that has been banned from social media by Big Tech in collusion with the government).

Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

please do

elaborate on how schools, permeated with DEI initiatives, social and emotional learning, etc. teach "Christian fundamentalist culture"

also please elaborate on the Left's efforts to defend freedom of speech for regular citizens

Texas wants prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/04/21/ten-commandments-and-prayer-in-public-schools-texas-senate-approves-religious-bills/

Except, some of us are Hindu, or Muslim, and that's not part of our scripture. And, the Ten Commandments has absolutely nothing to do with federal or state law, so why is it being brought in to glare down on school children as if it's law? What if you're Jewish and you don't accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and pray the way the school says you should?

And as for "regular citizens and free speech" versus the left... you people on the right seem to have a funny idea about what free speech is, and how it works.

People on the left aren't forbidding you from saying anything. But what they are doing is, if you say something that's racist, misogynist, or a lie, et cetera they will call you out for it, and if that goes viral, there's likelihood of you being embarrassed, having it catch the attention of your employer, your sponsor, your advertisers et cetera, who in turn may have the right to fire you, to pull support from you, et cetera. You have the right to speak, but the problem you on the right seem to have trouble understanding is that free speech is not a one way street. You have the right to say what you want, but others also have the right to speak, and to counter what you said. THAT is how free speech works. You HAVE free speech - nobody ever took that away from you - but need to understand that it can come with consequences. A better solution would be to not say jackass things in the first place, if you don't want to be called out for being a jackass. But that choice is also yours to freely make, or not.

That's the definition of the "chilling effect."

And?

You have the right to say whatever you want. Are you suggesting only you have the right but not others with contrasting viewpoints. If you want to use the N word, go for it, but expect blowback. That is all the PP is saying. Are you suggesting there shouldn't be blowback for using the N Word?

Should there be blowback for participating in BDS? For supporting the Palestinian cause? If not, why does it exist?

Stop pretending the "chilling effect" is some kind of cosmic justice. It's not. It's a product of a well motivated, well funded minority group that yells the loudest.

I mean imagine if JK Rowling was poor and not famous?

We are living on the edge of a Christian Nationalist hijacking our country....I really don't care about any other "well funded minority group" until we get this threat eradicated. If that means there is a little pushback on BDS or some other relatively minor issues, then so be it. If you are too much of a snowflake to be bothered by this given the threat of an autocratic right wing takeover of the United States, then as Benjamin Franklin said, 'a republic, if we can keep it'

yep, we're right on the cusp of Christian Nationalists controlling everything

good luck eradicating them, I mean, there are so MANY, and they run all the universities, and the big businesses, and the news outlets, and they make up basically the entire staff of the federal government, and I just don't know how they can ever be defeated

Handmaid's Tale is just fiction

however, the various accounts of left totalitarianism in the 20th century are not

Who are the left totalitarians in the US? Are you comparing wanting healthcare with authoritariansim? And you ignore how limiting a woman's right to control her body or what books can be read or what a corporation can say from the right? That is either ignorant or ridiculously dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

please do

elaborate on how schools, permeated with DEI initiatives, social and emotional learning, etc. teach "Christian fundamentalist culture"

also please elaborate on the Left's efforts to defend freedom of speech for regular citizens

Texas wants prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/04/21/ten-commandments-and-prayer-in-public-schools-texas-senate-approves-religious-bills/

Except, some of us are Hindu, or Muslim, and that's not part of our scripture. And, the Ten Commandments has absolutely nothing to do with federal or state law, so why is it being brought in to glare down on school children as if it's law? What if you're Jewish and you don't accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and pray the way the school says you should?

And as for "regular citizens and free speech" versus the left... you people on the right seem to have a funny idea about what free speech is, and how it works.

People on the left aren't forbidding you from saying anything. But what they are doing is, if you say something that's racist, misogynist, or a lie, et cetera they will call you out for it, and if that goes viral, there's likelihood of you being embarrassed, having it catch the attention of your employer, your sponsor, your advertisers et cetera, who in turn may have the right to fire you, to pull support from you, et cetera. You have the right to speak, but the problem you on the right seem to have trouble understanding is that free speech is not a one way street. You have the right to say what you want, but others also have the right to speak, and to counter what you said. THAT is how free speech works. You HAVE free speech - nobody ever took that away from you - but need to understand that it can come with consequences. A better solution would be to not say jackass things in the first place, if you don't want to be called out for being a jackass. But that choice is also yours to freely make, or not.

That's the definition of the "chilling effect."

And?

You have the right to say whatever you want. Are you suggesting only you have the right but not others with contrasting viewpoints. If you want to use the N word, go for it, but expect blowback. That is all the PP is saying. Are you suggesting there shouldn't be blowback for using the N Word?

Should there be blowback for participating in BDS? For supporting the Palestinian cause? If not, why does it exist?

Stop pretending the "chilling effect" is some kind of cosmic justice. It's not. It's a product of a well motivated, well funded minority group that yells the loudest.

I mean imagine if JK Rowling was poor and not famous?

We are living on the edge of a Christian Nationalist hijacking our country....I really don't care about any other "well funded minority group" until we get this threat eradicated. If that means there is a little pushback on BDS or some other relatively minor issues, then so be it. If you are too much of a snowflake to be bothered by this given the threat of an autocratic right wing takeover of the United States, then as Benjamin Franklin said, 'a republic, if we can keep it'

yep, we're right on the cusp of Christian Nationalists controlling everything

good luck eradicating them, I mean, there are so MANY, and they run all the universities, and the big businesses, and the news outlets, and they make up basically the entire staff of the federal government, and I just don't know how they can ever be defeated

Handmaid's Tale is just fiction

however, the various accounts of left totalitarianism in the 20th century are not

Who are the left totalitarians in the US? Are you comparing wanting healthcare with authoritariansim? And you ignore how limiting a woman's right to control her body or what books can be read or what a corporation can say from the right? That is either ignorant or ridiculously dangerous.

PP is correct. The idea that this country is being controlled by "Christian Nationalists" is purely laughable.
And, she gave plenty of examples of how this claim is absurd.
You can still get your desired abortion. And, no books have been banned. You can read whatever the hell you want to read (unless it is a story that has been banned from social media by Big Tech in collusion with the government).

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom to make our own healthcare decisions.
Freedom to love who we want to love.
Freedom to our right to privacy.
Freedom from corporate greed.
Freedom to breathe clean air.
Freedom to earn a fair wage.
Freedom from gun violence.
Freedom to learn.

I love how Democrats are reclaiming Freedom. MAGA Republicans can have their Freedumb.

Those all sound good but I don’t think any of them are actually in the Bill of Rights? Also, how is any modern candidate going to deliver freedom from corporate greed? We’d have to blow up the entire economy.

Then you don't understand the bill of rights. go back to 6th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom to have an abortion
Freedom to be LGBTQ+ without facing workplace discrimination
Freedom to speak as one likes and not be expelled from the legislature
Freedom to not be indoctrinated into Christian fundamentalist culture at school


I can keep going

please do

elaborate on how schools, permeated with DEI initiatives, social and emotional learning, etc. teach "Christian fundamentalist culture"

also please elaborate on the Left's efforts to defend freedom of speech for regular citizens

Texas wants prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/04/21/ten-commandments-and-prayer-in-public-schools-texas-senate-approves-religious-bills/

Except, some of us are Hindu, or Muslim, and that's not part of our scripture. And, the Ten Commandments has absolutely nothing to do with federal or state law, so why is it being brought in to glare down on school children as if it's law? What if you're Jewish and you don't accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and pray the way the school says you should?

And as for "regular citizens and free speech" versus the left... you people on the right seem to have a funny idea about what free speech is, and how it works.

People on the left aren't forbidding you from saying anything. But what they are doing is, if you say something that's racist, misogynist, or a lie, et cetera they will call you out for it, and if that goes viral, there's likelihood of you being embarrassed, having it catch the attention of your employer, your sponsor, your advertisers et cetera, who in turn may have the right to fire you, to pull support from you, et cetera. You have the right to speak, but the problem you on the right seem to have trouble understanding is that free speech is not a one way street. You have the right to say what you want, but others also have the right to speak, and to counter what you said. THAT is how free speech works. You HAVE free speech - nobody ever took that away from you - but need to understand that it can come with consequences. A better solution would be to not say jackass things in the first place, if you don't want to be called out for being a jackass. But that choice is also yours to freely make, or not.

That's the definition of the "chilling effect."

And?

You have the right to say whatever you want. Are you suggesting only you have the right but not others with contrasting viewpoints. If you want to use the N word, go for it, but expect blowback. That is all the PP is saying. Are you suggesting there shouldn't be blowback for using the N Word?

Should there be blowback for participating in BDS? For supporting the Palestinian cause? If not, why does it exist?

Stop pretending the "chilling effect" is some kind of cosmic justice. It's not. It's a product of a well motivated, well funded minority group that yells the loudest.

I mean imagine if JK Rowling was poor and not famous?

We are living on the edge of a Christian Nationalist hijacking our country....I really don't care about any other "well funded minority group" until we get this threat eradicated. If that means there is a little pushback on BDS or some other relatively minor issues, then so be it. If you are too much of a snowflake to be bothered by this given the threat of an autocratic right wing takeover of the United States, then as Benjamin Franklin said, 'a republic, if we can keep it'

yep, we're right on the cusp of Christian Nationalists controlling everything

good luck eradicating them, I mean, there are so MANY, and they run all the universities, and the big businesses, and the news outlets, and they make up basically the entire staff of the federal government, and I just don't know how they can ever be defeated

Handmaid's Tale is just fiction

however, the various accounts of left totalitarianism in the 20th century are not

Who are the left totalitarians in the US? Are you comparing wanting healthcare with authoritariansim? And you ignore how limiting a woman's right to control her body or what books can be read or what a corporation can say from the right? That is either ignorant or ridiculously dangerous.