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Is 'Let's go Brandon!' a form of hate speech?
The Hill ^ | 11/02/2021 | JOE CONCHA

Posted on 11/02/2021 6:44:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

"Let's go Brandon!" got its start exactly one month ago at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, courtesy of an NBC Sports reporter who was interviewing driver Brandon Brown after he won his first Xfinity Series race. A crowd behind Brown was chanting "F*** Joe Biden." The reporter claimed the crowd was actually chanting "Let's go Brandon." And, thanks to social media, it went viral in a hurry.

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KEYWORDS: brandon; form; hate; speech
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In the country I grew up in, hate speech is simply free speech, and is protected. True hate speech may be undesirable, but it’s protected.


21 posted on 11/02/2021 6:58:26 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

But looting, burning down buildings and torching police cars? Meh.


22 posted on 11/02/2021 6:58:56 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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23 posted on 11/02/2021 6:59:11 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Don't be silenced by mindless liberals.

"Authority is vested in those to whom it applies"

24 posted on 11/02/2021 6:59:35 AM PDT by G Larry ("Racism" is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

lol


25 posted on 11/02/2021 7:00:15 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: xp38
What a pile The Hill is.

I see what you did there. Well done.

26 posted on 11/02/2021 7:00:40 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Absolutely it's hate speech.
But this isn't:


27 posted on 11/02/2021 7:01:44 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Was falsely claiming The President was a Russian asset hate speech??


28 posted on 11/02/2021 7:03:35 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

But all the hate speech during Trump’s term (and continuing since) was “righteous resistance”, right?

Hypocrites.


29 posted on 11/02/2021 7:05:52 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Let’s Go Brandon!


30 posted on 11/02/2021 7:08:25 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Resist!


31 posted on 11/02/2021 7:10:02 AM PDT by bray (Our patience is wearing thin Joe)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who comes up with this sh*t? lmao!

G T F O !


32 posted on 11/02/2021 7:10:44 AM PDT by cranked
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To: xp38
What a pile The Hill is.

From this particular Hill article by Concha....

But to the left, free speech is a thing only when it's the right speech — that is, speech they agree with. And that's a whole bowl of wrong.

"Let's go Brandon!" is a rallying cry for the right. Sane people aren't offended by it.

It's not hate speech. It's harmless political speech.

Not saying you're wrong in general, just wrong in this particular case with this particular article.

It is extremely well done.

You should read it.

33 posted on 11/02/2021 7:12:00 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: NicoDon

How quaint........................


35 posted on 11/02/2021 7:15:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, I hate Joe Biden.


36 posted on 11/02/2021 7:15:39 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think we need a “Shut the Lets Up campaign” for these crazies.


37 posted on 11/02/2021 7:15:53 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No moreso than F Trump.

Or anything they called W.

But then this is a Democrat in office so the rules are different.


38 posted on 11/02/2021 7:17:17 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Freeper Qwerty1234 says Let’s Go Brandon is just stupid and anyone posting or saying that phrase is playing right into the dims hands. Me thinks he’s the stupid one.

This article shows the left is really bothered by that phrase and we should keep it up.


40 posted on 11/02/2021 7:19:09 AM PDT by bigfootbob (ALL Biden VOTERS have BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS….Ann Archy)
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