Posted on 09/25/2025 5:28:17 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox REPORT: As America grieved Charlie Kirk’s death, California rammed through one of the harshest censorship bills in U.S. history.
SB 771 gives the state sweeping power to police online speech—with penalties so crushing they could bankrupt ordinary citizens.
Lawmakers approved $500,000 fines for “hateful” posts, and $1 million for willful violations. In under a week, the bill shot through both chambers and now sits on Gavin Newsom’s desk. If signed, politicians—not the people—will decide which words are allowed, and which could destroy your life.
This isn’t just a California problem. The same playbook is already silencing dissent in the UK and Canada. And disturbingly, Trump allies like Pam Bondi echoed similar “hate speech” rhetoric just days earlier.
Free speech dies when both parties weaponize tragedy for control. The choice is clear: push back now—or the First Amendment will disappear
I hate California.
Does this also mean the “hate speech” and “flag burning hate speech” being spewed at the US by Cauliphonya’s illegal alien invaders?
I want to see what happens if they try to enforce it.
Let’s just rename it
“New Britain”
How does this override federal laws?
SCOTUS nuclear strike incoming.
Does that include hate speech against ICE or President Trump? This “law” needs to be immediately changed in court.
Lol
So California is now the UK of America.
In layman’s terms, any speech Democrats don’t like or agree with.
If Loathsom signs this, it dooms his Presidential aspirations.
This was predicted by many people (including me) a long time ago, back when “hate crimes” first became a thing.
A “hate crime” is very subjective. It is whatever the authorities want it to be.
Same goes with “hate speech”.
That’s what the left used to say of Trump after each action.
Hate is all that CommieforniaCrats know...
I’d agree. On the other hand, his declining to do so could easily work in his favor: “Standing up for Free Speech!”
...and we can’t rule out the Kal-Democrats setting him up in this way.
So after belching out wisdom about folks dissing Charlie
Kirk’s assassination as just being free speech they now pass a law making free speech a crime. FUBAR
> I want to see what happens if they try to enforce it. <
My guess is that California will seize the bank accounts of the “offenders”. That’s just how California rolls.
But of course the Supreme Court will have the final say.
Now THIS is where freedom dies. Hate crimes and hate speech where any person can claim victim status, and any bureaucrat can define and condemn with the full power of law and the state. AND. Eventually any individual and group can judge. Charlie Kirk was killed, his murder justified by accusing him of hate speech.
If this stands, California is the turning point.
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