• pivot_root@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Democratic governments should allow all voices to be heard, not silence speech they dislike.

    That’s real fucking rich coming from the government that:

    • Removed all references to “trans-” regardless of context.
    • Retaliates against left-leaning press.
    • Calls information they dislike “fake news”.
    • Sends immigrants to concentration camps.
    • goferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 hours ago

      Don’t forget

      removed funding for weather services or deleted materials related to climate change

      runs from people trying to ask them questions

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        3 hours ago

        If we’re adding “runs from people trying to ask them questions”, we should be more accurate about it.

        runs from people trying to ask them questions, calling them plants put there by political opponents

    • NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip
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      3 hours ago

      No no, you don’t understand. That doesn’t apply to us plebs (US citizens). It only applies to other countries so that the government can checks notes “strongly condemn” them.

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      5 hours ago

      That because they don’t want free apeech. They want the speech only if its their speech.

      • AlexLost@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        They don’t want to be forced to listen to what YOU have to say, but they want to force YOU to listen to what they have to say.