However, focus on the quotes Rand made on Fox News since they're reporting on them. Thoughts?
The is no First Amendment right to advocate for violence.
The argument is all mixed up. Platforms like Reddit and Facebook may certainly have whatever speech policies they like, but the government cannot arrest you and take you to jail for speech.
People and free enterprise can sanction those who dishonor Charlie Kirk.
But it is utterly unconstitutional for the federal gov’t to do so.
Shame on you Rand Paul.
“And by sort of making light of what I suffered, they are encouraging other people to do it. That oughta be taken down, and social media oughta be able to take that down. “
Would this also include people making light of what Paul Pelosi suffered?
I have no problem with what he said because none of it involves the government getting involved. What I’m hearing is he’s defending private property rights by saying that employers should be able to fire employees for their speech (which they should) and owners of private websites should be able to remove posts (which they should).
My only regret is that he didn’t preface it by saying something like “I’m saying this as a private citizen concerned about our society, not as a politician or legislator.”
The UK has lost its guns and lost its Speech.
The Left here in the US want the same for us. Let’s not give it to them.
grandstanding rand paul is taking up the tradition of chafettez and gowdy
making a lot of noise for attention,
but never gets anything done
I appreciate his comments. It shows the Left’s reactions to Kirk are not just a one-off. There was the Paul beating and the Scalise shooting. It’s time to get serious with the loons.
And when has firing a bullet become “free speech” and not “attempted murder”?
Then do it again.
Nah it’s cool we are gonna continue doing what we are doing if commies want to spew their bike online they can deal with the consequences they just can’t stand it when we throw their sh*t back in their faces
San I reading this right? Rand is a rabid LIBERTARIAN, and he has a problem with free speech? (I’m probably missing something.)
I extremely agree. Hakim Jeffries needs to shut up. Ancient Persian proverb said, “Don’t let your tongue cut off your head.”
I think inciting violence is a pretty direct set of comments, like, “We have to kill ‘X.’” or “We have to physically hurt ‘X.’” “Wishing” doesn’t cut it with me, either.
The rest is simply posturing. Even a list of people isn’t inciting violence, in my mind.
The First Amendment is not a suicide pact.
These groups need to be declared terrorist organizations, and rounded up and identified. They should never be able to possess a fire arm.
He didn’t even mention how he was nearly assassinated by a Bernie Sanders nut job.
Inciting violence is not a protected right. Also, you are 10 years late on the whole “free speech” thing. Conservatives have been getting fired for a decade and you said nothing.