Screw Free Speech

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  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305

    Good point. His presidency has been just as transparent as he promised it would be. I guess that explains why he's so good at uniting people.



    For the record, you did misquote me. It was another user who made the Hawaii and Christian churches remark. I never would've said any of that. I made the transparency statement.

    Just clarifying.

    I was responding to "I guess that explains why he's so good at uniting people" when I stated "You can't unite people who feed off of division in order to attain power."

    It's a moot point now though, possibly.
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,789
    This is fucking insane! 

    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/texas-ban-universities-speech-talking-night-20361753.php



    The overnight ban on expressive activities is unfathomably broad. Off the top of our heads, here are just a few examples of what such a policy would prohibit on campus between 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.: Meeting with other students to socialize or study, writing an email, working on a research paper, posting on social media, reporting for the student newspaper, wearing a T-shirt with a slogan, dancing, playing music, painting a picture, or praying at a sunrise service.



    Are universities likely to enforce their statutorily mandated policies banning overnight speech against students engaged in speech like that? Probably not. But they could, and that shows just how sloppy and overbroad this law is. 



  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,789
    Also, sorry for a bonkers old thread (thought the title was enticing enough), I was trying to find something about Free Speech and this was one that wasn’t already closed. 
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 8,021
    Thou shalt not use any form of humor if it is not 100% in line with leftist expectations
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,789
    edited July 17
    What are you referring to?
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,658
    What are you referring to?

    he's not funny. so the accusations come. another item in a long line of butthurt victimhood. 

    can you show us on the doll where the leftists hurt you?
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,326
    This is fucking insane! 

    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/texas-ban-universities-speech-talking-night-20361753.php



    The overnight ban on expressive activities is unfathomably broad. Off the top of our heads, here are just a few examples of what such a policy would prohibit on campus between 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.: Meeting with other students to socialize or study, writing an email, working on a research paper, posting on social media, reporting for the student newspaper, wearing a T-shirt with a slogan, dancing, playing music, painting a picture, or praying at a sunrise service.



    Are universities likely to enforce their statutorily mandated policies banning overnight speech against students engaged in speech like that? Probably not. But they could, and that shows just how sloppy and overbroad this law is. 



    It's amazing how repubs will push this shit and then complain when facebook/X, etc., removes false information....not that they do anymore but they used to
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Also, sorry for a bonkers old thread (thought the title was enticing enough), I was trying to find something about Free Speech and this was one that wasn’t already closed. 

    Actually, it's kind of cool to see and remember some old faces who left the forums.  

    As for Texas wanting to ban speeches at night on campus, just another lame as attempt to "own the libs".  How fucking weak is that?  Very, as usual.  
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,280
    brianlux said:
    Also, sorry for a bonkers old thread (thought the title was enticing enough), I was trying to find something about Free Speech and this was one that wasn’t already closed. 

    Actually, it's kind of cool to see and remember some old faces who left the forums.  

    As for Texas wanting to ban speeches at night on campus, just another lame as attempt to "own the libs".  How fucking weak is that?  Very, as usual.  
    lol i think there were a few of these free speech threads closed back in the day. 

    texas is gonna texas.

    also, agreed. good to see old names.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,438
    Huh, what a coincidence, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. Conveniently another outspoken critic of Trump on a network where the big wigs are still trying to get their sale signed off on by Trump's FCC.

    And just a few days after AP speculated the below nugget about parent company Paramount trying to eliminate Stewart and Colbert. Well, one down, one to go.

    https://apnews.com/article/colbert-stewart-trump-paramount-settlement-0c4cf4688718f8bada17cba10b44bebf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share



    It's a hopeless situation...
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,280
    tbergs said:
    Huh, what a coincidence, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. Conveniently another outspoken critic of Trump on a network where the big wigs are still trying to get their sale signed off on by Trump's FCC.

    And just a few days after AP speculated the below nugget about parent company Paramount trying to eliminate Stewart and Colbert. Well, one down, one to go.

    https://apnews.com/article/colbert-stewart-trump-paramount-settlement-0c4cf4688718f8bada17cba10b44bebf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share



    those guys can just get a podcast, say whatever they want to say without corporate oversight, and become 10x more relevant. they can be the joe rogan of the left.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,658
    tbergs said:
    Huh, what a coincidence, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. Conveniently another outspoken critic of Trump on a network where the big wigs are still trying to get their sale signed off on by Trump's FCC.

    And just a few days after AP speculated the below nugget about parent company Paramount trying to eliminate Stewart and Colbert. Well, one down, one to go.

    https://apnews.com/article/colbert-stewart-trump-paramount-settlement-0c4cf4688718f8bada17cba10b44bebf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share




    then he'll be free of censors and corporate overlords....
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,481
    The next MAGA blockbuster and sequel after COOTWH destroys Hollywood will be The Silencing of the Left followed by The Silence of the Left. There will be no criticism nor opposition come 2028.

    People better start waking the fuck up.
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    And just wait until the funding for NPR and PBS are devastated when the current senate bill passes Friday. We’re talking authoritarian shit hole country status.
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  • brianlux
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    And just wait until the funding for NPR and PBS are devastated when the current senate bill passes Friday. We’re talking authoritarian shit hole country status.

    Yeah, the whole point is to tear everything down, no stone unturned, with absolutely no plan or intent to rebuild.  It's all about having a major tantrum, expressing major hate, and having a major destructive nature.  And to top it all off, millions of people willing to go along with the plan at their own peril.  How fucking stupid is that?  Very fucking stupid.  
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  • shecky
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    tbergs said:
    Huh, what a coincidence, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. Conveniently another outspoken critic of Trump on a network where the big wigs are still trying to get their sale signed off on by Trump's FCC.

    And just a few days after AP speculated the below nugget about parent company Paramount trying to eliminate Stewart and Colbert. Well, one down, one to go.

    https://apnews.com/article/colbert-stewart-trump-paramount-settlement-0c4cf4688718f8bada17cba10b44bebf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share



    Actually, Kimmel sucks even harder than Colbert (if that's even possible). I figured he'd have gone down first.
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,481
    shecky said:
    tbergs said:
    Huh, what a coincidence, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. Conveniently another outspoken critic of Trump on a network where the big wigs are still trying to get their sale signed off on by Trump's FCC.

    And just a few days after AP speculated the below nugget about parent company Paramount trying to eliminate Stewart and Colbert. Well, one down, one to go.

    https://apnews.com/article/colbert-stewart-trump-paramount-settlement-0c4cf4688718f8bada17cba10b44bebf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share



    Actually, Kimmel sucks even harder than Colbert (if that's even possible). I figured he'd have gone down first.
    Spoken like a true MAGA, still wearing the hat on the beach, yo! MAGAMAHALO, yo! Serf is up!
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  • josevolution
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    shecky said:
    tbergs said:
    Huh, what a coincidence, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. Conveniently another outspoken critic of Trump on a network where the big wigs are still trying to get their sale signed off on by Trump's FCC.

    And just a few days after AP speculated the below nugget about parent company Paramount trying to eliminate Stewart and Colbert. Well, one down, one to go.

    https://apnews.com/article/colbert-stewart-trump-paramount-settlement-0c4cf4688718f8bada17cba10b44bebf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share



    Actually, Kimmel sucks even harder than Colbert (if that's even possible). I figured he'd have gone down first.
    Spoken like a true MAGA, still wearing the hat on the beach, yo! MAGAMAHALO, yo! Serf is up!
    True they only like when Trump goes down on Putin 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,541
    brianlux said:
    Also, sorry for a bonkers old thread (thought the title was enticing enough), I was trying to find something about Free Speech and this was one that wasn’t already closed. 

    Actually, it's kind of cool to see and remember some old faces who left the forums.  

    As for Texas wanting to ban speeches at night on campus, just another lame as attempt to "own the libs".  How fucking weak is that?  Very, as usual.  
    Can they ban bible study readings?  If you start talking about rape, incest and murder that qualifies right?
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 8,021
    mickeyrat said:
    What are you referring to?

    he's not funny. so the accusations come. another item in a long line of butthurt victimhood. 

    can you show us on the doll where the leftists hurt you?


    You use that attack often.
    Did u get rap*d as a child?
    U saying they ain’t no wokers on here? Haha.