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Joe Biden And The Death Of Free Speech
American Conservative ^ | 1/24/2021 | James Bovard

Posted on 01/25/2021 8:13:59 AM PST by Onthebrink

The media loved Joe Biden’s inauguration: his platitude-laden speech and his calls for “unity” struck the perfect note for a Washington establishment that wants no more guff from the “deplorables.” But few commentators stooped to point out the radical changes of Biden’s big day, such as its being the first inaugural since 1865 with the military openly occupying the nation’s capital.

In his inaugural address, Biden castigated “a riotous mob [that] thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people.” But politicians invoked that same mob to justify silencing protesters for miles around the inauguration. Biden also declared, “That’s America. The right to dissent peaceably, within the guardrails of our republic. It’s perhaps this nation’s greatest strength.” Yet during Biden’s inauguration, new “guardrails” drove free speech into the dirt.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2020election; 2024election; freespeech; joebiden; liberty; tyranny

1 posted on 01/25/2021 8:13:59 AM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

oe Biden’s inauguration was “able!


2 posted on 01/25/2021 8:24:28 AM PST by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: Onthebrink

Free speech is only free when it is protected by the right to keep and bear arms.


3 posted on 01/25/2021 8:25:20 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Neither safety nor security exists in nature. Everything is dangerous and has risk.)
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To: Onthebrink
“unity” struck the ”for a Washington establishment ”fno more guff from the “deplorables.”

What do you t”k?

4 posted on 01/25/2021 8:25:54 AM PST by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: Onthebrink

What the hell are all those zeros????????


5 posted on 01/25/2021 8:26:55 AM PST by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice to accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: RetiredArmy

What Ze’s?


6 posted on 01/25/2021 8:27:38 AM PST by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: frogjerk

THOSE ZEROS!!! Or what ever the hell they are!!! :-O


7 posted on 01/25/2021 8:30:25 AM PST by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice to accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: Onthebrink

Time to cue Hitlery’s comment, “Dissent IS patriotic!”...


8 posted on 01/25/2021 8:35:32 AM PST by jeffc (I'm a Patriot, and the media are our enemy)
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To: BuffaloJack

Amen. I just hope that isn’t taken away. It would take a lot, but the trends looks awful.


9 posted on 01/25/2021 8:57:11 AM PST by Onthebrink
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To: RetiredArmy

I am not sure. It seems there is some issue with the site.


10 posted on 01/25/2021 8:57:11 AM PST by Onthebrink
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