This is the whole obnoxious mindset behind "cancel culture" culture, that it pre-emptively defines the "canceler" as wielding great and terrible power, it assumes the canceler is extremely popular and beloved and everything they do matters so fucking much
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When you get spurious accusations hurled against you don't expect anyone to come to your defense then. Also nice strawman, literally no one thinks this about cancel culture.
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I expect people to defend me who like me, support me and agree with me on the issues and are otherwise decent people I don't expect chuds like Jesse to defend me on principled "free speech" "I disagree but will defend to the death" grounds Which is good because they don't
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I would really hope the people in my life would defend my right to free speech, regardless of if they like me, support me, or agree with me on any issue. Those are all beside the point. The ACLU didn't 'like' or 'support' the Skokie Nazis when they defended their speech.
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Replying to @TeachTheClassic @arthur_affect and
That's the whole thing. The 1st Amendment Misappropriation Committee ONLY defends "freeze peach" that they (supposedly) "dislike" predominantly if it comes from bigots and trolls. It's a process of feigned neutrality that's actually (arbitrarily) very selective
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Replying to @2plus2equals7 @arthur_affect and
Why do you write 'freeze peach' as if to mock our 1A rights? Would we be better off with a weaker 1A? If the state had total control of who has the right to speech like in China?https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/control-12162020092149.html …
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Replying to @TeachTheClassic @2plus2equals7 and
Or should we be like Thailand, where insulting the monarchy is illegal and they are holding a 16 year old for this very offense? How does weakening 'freeze peach' help anyone but the most powerful of society?https://in.reuters.com/article/thailand-protests/thai-activists-stage-crop-top-protest-against-lese-majeste-law-idINKBN28U0EY …
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Replying to @TeachTheClassic @2plus2equals7 and
These people aren't trolls or bigots, just regular people with no 'freeze peach' rights that we so loudly complain about in this country. Again, how is *less* free speech ever a good thing?
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Replying to @TeachTheClassic @2plus2equals7 and
you know that private businesses are different from the government, yes
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Replying to @RiffChick @2plus2equals7 and
Ah yes because private businesses are such great actors with no agenda who make sure to give everyone due process and protect their 1A rights.
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Private businesses have no responsibilities re: someone's 1A rights, the 1A specifically starts "Congress shall make no law..."
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