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President Trump and the GOP condemn leftist hate speech but ignore their own
Sacramento Bee ^ | September 17, 2025 | By Tad Weber

Posted on 09/18/2025 7:27:19 AM PDT by artichokegrower

Hate speech is on the minds of many Republican leaders in the wake Charlie Kirkโ€™s assassination. But in their rush to condemn anyone who has said anything critical of Kirk, himself a polarizing figure in U.S. politics but beloved in GOP ranks, conservatives are engaging in forms of cancel culture that they used to blame liberals of conducting.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: california; charliekirk; demagogicparty; demagogue; democratterrorisim; democratterrorists; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; polarizingmyarse; sacramentobee; tadweber
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After the George Floyd incident liberals burned cities and murdered people

After the Charlie Kirk incident conservatives gathered in prayer

1 posted on 09/18/2025 7:27:19 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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Every person not on the left is “polarizing”

When was the last time you heard the media call someone on the left as “polarizing”?


2 posted on 09/18/2025 7:31:08 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: Tai_Chung

Jesus was “polarizing”. So were his apostles.


3 posted on 09/18/2025 7:34:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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"Hate speech" (as subjectively defined and applied) versus deadly attack and destruction of property apparently constitute moral equivalence in the opinion of the Sacramento Bee.

This is a desperate ploy to control the discourse by definition and attribution of terms. Their problem is that few are listening to them anymore.

4 posted on 09/18/2025 7:34:46 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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.....conservatives gathered in prayer.

......and were attacked for doing so.

5 posted on 09/18/2025 7:35:53 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: artichokegrower

Sacramento BS seem to think free speech means they have the freedom to lie to people and expect everyone to believe those lies.


6 posted on 09/18/2025 7:36:28 AM PDT by Skwor
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Lighten up Tad. You talk like a moron. How many cop do you say American Conservatives have killed? How many cop cars did we burn? How many Walmart and other retailers were looted by Americans who then burned their buildings. How many elderly old men and women beaten to death by conservative. How many auto dealerships did we burn down. Tad. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Get with the program. You are FOS.


7 posted on 09/18/2025 7:37:13 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (God Bless Charlie Kirk.)
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To: Tai_Chung

I think the Bee is right. I’d like to believe that Kirk would go on Kimmel’s show, if he still had one, and debate him. That seemed to be true his guiding principles, not have his show cancelled.


8 posted on 09/18/2025 7:38:06 AM PDT by JeanLM (s )
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The Lefty press is outing themselves en masse. One can imagine some more subscriptions being canceled over this latest bilge.

"Tad Weber is an opinion writer at The Fresno Bee." And its his opinion like all the other "I dislike Trump" opinions he has scrawled.

The bunch are owned and operated by McClatchy, and McClatchy is owned by Chatham Asset Management, which is -- surprise, surprise -- a hedge fund begun in 2000.

Of it, Wiki tells "According to the New York Times, since acquiring Postmedia, Chatham reduced the workforce, closed newspapers across Canada, decreased salaries and benefits, and consolidated editorial operations."

It is happening here as well. Bilge is bilge, and advertisers are sensitive to market share and reaching "eyes."

9 posted on 09/18/2025 7:39:00 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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The article is 100% right. Or, at least the headline is correct. Of course President Trump and the GOP ignore their own Leftist hate speech, because they don’t have a Leftist hate speech problem... ;-p


10 posted on 09/18/2025 7:40:02 AM PDT by AnglePark (My opinion is the most worthless thing I own.)
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To: Carry_Okie

The bounds of what is 1st amendment ‘freespeech’ has been so abused that some will argue that any display of action is covered. So, FIRE in the movie theater is probably okay now. ๐Ÿ˜ 


11 posted on 09/18/2025 7:40:15 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ™! Winning currently!)
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To: Tai_Chung

When was the last time you heard someone on the left, let alone the far left, being described in those terms


12 posted on 09/18/2025 7:40:59 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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The left believes that any speech coming out of your mouth that isn’t theirs, is hate speech. Those unavoidable words or phrases that by definition cause them rage, they simply redefine as something else.


13 posted on 09/18/2025 7:42:33 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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After the George Floyd incident liberals burned cities and murdered people After the Charlie Kirk incident conservatives gathered in prayer

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah...

14 posted on 09/18/2025 7:44:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (Charlie Kirk worried democrats would murder his children. <P><I><B><big><center></B>)
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To: artichokegrower

It’s clear the rodents are out of these to say instead of admitting the truth. They r evil people that can’t distinguish right fr wrong and think anything but there position is hate speak.


15 posted on 09/18/2025 7:45:38 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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What the left calls hate speech is not hate speech. To them, saying there are only two sexes is hate speech and anyone who utters such an atrocity wants to murder all fags.

Exemplifying the left, their gripes are based on falsehoods.

Like when someone calls in the police to SWAT someone, holding such people accountable for their falsehood is not hypocrisy but justice.


16 posted on 09/18/2025 7:51:49 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: artichokegrower

You forget the BARF ALERT warning ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ The Daily Worker, the newspapers that the commies handed out at my old alma mater were more credible than this rag


17 posted on 09/18/2025 7:51:52 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Laiken Riley and Iryna Zarutska are my daughters. Charlie Kirk is my brother )
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To: blackdog

Because according to them and the ADL, the magas do like 96% of hate speech and destructive activity. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ณ


18 posted on 09/18/2025 7:53:07 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ™! Winning currently!)
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Hahahaha


19 posted on 09/18/2025 7:53:36 AM PDT by Vision (โ€œOur Democracyโ€ means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: rktman

Actually yelling anything at all in a crowded theater can be illegal. Itโ€™s called disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace.


20 posted on 09/18/2025 7:54:51 AM PDT by P-Marlowe
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