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President says broadcasters should lose licenses for criticizing him

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145 points perihelions | 3 comments | 18 Sep 25 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.633s | source
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fred_is_fred ◴[18 Sep 25 20:09 UTC] No.45294358[source]▶
What happened to the party of Free Speech absolutism?

Edit: for those claiming this isn't a free speech issue the President is using the FCC to go after people he doesn't like. He must be a special snowflake.

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1. gridder ◴[18 Sep 25 20:24 UTC] No.45294553[source]▶
Double standard is the standard for those kinds of toxic people and their sycophants
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2. _DeadFred_ ◴[18 Sep 25 23:01 UTC] No.45296065[source]▶
When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because this is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because this is according to my principles. - Frank Herbert
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3. soraminazuki ◴[19 Sep 25 01:30 UTC] No.45296999[source]▶
Or as Louis Rossmann calls it, the premise of a-holes.