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PANIC LAWS
A U.S. government ban on the social media app is authoritarian and unconstitutional.
Brad Polumbo is an independent journalist and co-host of the BASEDPolitics podcast.
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FREE SPEECH TOURIST
However you feel about certain pro-Palestinian slogans that Musk banned, they are legal speech and not direct incitements to violence.
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UNPOPULAR SPEECH IS STILL FREE SPEECH
The Florida governor says he’d cancel visas for students who “celebrate terrorism.” That’s wrong for so many reasons, and probably unconstitutional.
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SERIOUSLY, WTF
It’s no one’s business whether or not the South Carolina senator and GOP presidential candidate has a romantic partner—especially given the party’s leader is Donald Trump.
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FOR ME, NOT THEE
When he bought Twitter he promised a First Amendment-level of freedom. He just labeled the word “cis” a slur that could lead to a banning—because it offends some conservatives.
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WANNABE AUTHORITARIAN
He’s no free speech champion, even if his anti-vaccine activism has made him a hero to the MAGA right.
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PIE IN THE SKY
The president’s “soak the rich” proposal would explode the national debt, do nothing to “save” Social Security, and would ultimately hurt the working class.
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Eeen-teresting
Now here are some surefire ways to avoid hate-speech incidents: Silence campus liberals, and don’t invite intellectuals from the other side in the first place!