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President says broadcasters should lose licenses for criticizing him

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145 points perihelions | 1 comments | 18 Sep 25 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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bilbo0s ◴[18 Sep 25 20:21 UTC] No.45294504[source]▶
In fairness, conservatives never said they supported free speech.

They said they wanted more promotion of conservative viewpoints.

Kind of a subtle, but important distinction there.

Neither liberals, nor conservatives support free speech.

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1. stfp ◴[18 Sep 25 20:29 UTC] No.45294617[source]▶
It’s just a tool, a weapon im their arsenal. They are still pushing the free speech narrative in other places, eg. Europe, when people try to stop candidates and pundits from lying. But then obviously once they succeed lying their way into power that tool isn’t necessary anymore, and controlling speech becomes important.