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The left is so down on Free Speech, left-leaning "civil liberties" groups won't even defend one of their own?

Free Speech is a right wing conspiracy!

1 posted on 01/24/2023 2:52:03 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Nobody has the right to anybody’s time or services under any circumstances. If I choose to offer my resources and services for compensation, I can choose to not offer my services for any reason at all. And forcing me to do so is exactly that….Force.


2 posted on 01/24/2023 3:02:55 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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police jailed for the crime of asking the government questions, getting answers, and publishing those responses.

Somehow, I suspect there's more to it than that.

4 posted on 01/24/2023 3:15:50 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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i suppose they could go back for a precedent to when Lincoln jailed the owners of newspapers that opposed the war for a precedent ...


7 posted on 01/24/2023 3:41:20 PM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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Why does “intent to benefit” matter? There is nothing wrong with a journalist publishing facts or opinion with intent to benefit.


8 posted on 01/24/2023 5:02:16 PM PST by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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The ACLU used to defend Free Speech. IMHO, their finest moment was in the late 1970s, when they defended the right of some lowlife Nazi wannabees to march in Skokie, Illinois, then home to many Holocaust survivors. Assigning a Jewish lawyer to head up the case was a nice touch.

Now they are virulently anti-Free Speech, unless the speech is far left wing.


9 posted on 01/24/2023 5:53:06 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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