I am 100% sure this us just another bullying tactic to garner favors and support. It's typical mob boss behavior just like the tarrifs. You kiss the ring, or you get nothing. So disgusting and predictable.
The most frustrating part of this situation is that I am not allowed to truly speak my mind about how I feel about all of this. We all just have to silently watch it happen and keep quite and stay civilized.
codingdave•9mo ago
Have you missed the massive number and size of protests going on? The movements to call your representatives every day?
You absolutely have the right to speak your mind. It is a core provision of the Constitution, as a matter of fact. He is doing things that are scary, but if you let those scare tactics silence you, you are letting the bullies win.
jrflowers•9mo ago
> You absolutely have the right to speak your mind.
That is presently being tested, at least with regard to green card holders.
I am aware of the protests and I fully support those people. What i am saying is you can not express your 1st amendment rights on just about any respectable platform on the internet. You can't even mention your 2nd amendment rights without getting suspended or censored.
The left is expected to play nice, be civil, and take the high road all the while we are being silenced, suppressed, dismissed, and gaslit by a 1000 paper cuts. Which lately feel more like full on machete wounds.
cantrecallmypwd•9mo ago
Yep. I can't use certain words or express forbidden "sentiment" on Youtube because my comments will be auto-deleted or I will be called "bullying" and violating TOS for responding to a video's ideas abstractly without getting personal or going low in any form. This is illiberal technofeudalism done for profit and for driving particular agendas and themes while silencing others that they find inconvenient.
My conclusion is only non-profit public utilities can promote maximum freedom because corporations will banish and muzzle anyone who disagrees with their advertisers or corporate masters.
techpineapple•9mo ago
I’m not 100% sure of this, I think there is something ideological here, which is if you want to shrink the federal government, and keep people voting Republican / anti-esta blishment, one way is to show again and again how untrustworthy the federal government is.
frogperson•9mo ago
The most frustrating part of this situation is that I am not allowed to truly speak my mind about how I feel about all of this. We all just have to silently watch it happen and keep quite and stay civilized.
codingdave•9mo ago
You absolutely have the right to speak your mind. It is a core provision of the Constitution, as a matter of fact. He is doing things that are scary, but if you let those scare tactics silence you, you are letting the bullies win.
jrflowers•9mo ago
That is presently being tested, at least with regard to green card holders.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Mahmoud_Khalil
frogperson•9mo ago
The left is expected to play nice, be civil, and take the high road all the while we are being silenced, suppressed, dismissed, and gaslit by a 1000 paper cuts. Which lately feel more like full on machete wounds.
cantrecallmypwd•9mo ago
My conclusion is only non-profit public utilities can promote maximum freedom because corporations will banish and muzzle anyone who disagrees with their advertisers or corporate masters.
techpineapple•9mo ago