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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: 0.202s | 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. Freedom2 ◴[19 Sep 25 00:03 UTC] No.45296487[source]▶
From VP Vance:

"In Washington, there is a new sheriff in town; and under Donald Trump’s leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square, agree or disagree."