Still grinding my teeth over all the people who *still* insist to me that MAGA and Elon support free speech, and the Biden admin were trying to suppress speech. - ThreadSky

mmasnick.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Still grinding my teeth over all the people who *still* insist to me that MAGA and Elon support free speech, and the Biden admin were trying to suppress speech.

Reposted from Molly Jong-Fast

Republicans seem to have completely forgotten about the first amendment

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corgilover129.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don’t. They don’t do a damn thing in good faith. They are always lying, so just laugh at them. They should be waiting by their mail box for Elons 5,000 check.
Then laugh some more..

zferrell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Some people are stupid and some are knowingly ignorant. No cure for it.

photoline.bsky.social•1 day ago

Contrarians always have to be on the wrong side, as long as it makes them feel like an underdog fighting for the dumbest option.

centristsisyphus.bsky.social•1 day ago

I want one, just one Republican who ostentatiously waved around their pocket Constitution a decade ago, to stand up and speak for it now.

thebarbegazi.bsky.social•1 day ago

I stopped interacting with those kinds of people before Trump's first term ended.

I always told them, "You're either pretending to be this stupid or you actually are, and the result is the same:

You're not worth talking to."

gogogadgetguy.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s like their brains are wired differently

coreyoneill.bsky.social•1 day ago

janaeoll.bsky.social•1 day ago

The gaslighting is driving me nuts.

idras-123.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just assume if their MAGAT THEIR STUPID!

icassassin.bsky.social•1 day ago

They’re the folks that simply cannot tell the difference between “the government” and “society”. Certainly that’s a very blurred line but what I think is happening is that these people do not understand the idea of government at even the most basic level. To them, it’s just “government=bad”.

msdobalina.bsky.social•1 day ago

"all the people" ??

Trump cultists say that. No one else says that.

argumentative.bsky.social•1 day ago

So like 40% of the voting population?

msdobalina.bsky.social•1 day ago

I keep telling myself a lot of them are just hopelessly lazy mofos who had no effing clue. But that's feeling a lot like cope. More likely your estimate is 🎯.

hiachiever.bsky.social•1 day ago

MAGA is in for a rude awakening when their pensions, benefits, and other “entitlements” are stolen and then realize they will be executed if they complain.

daniel-dot-dan.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I don't know about that. I feel their politics and beliefs have taken them to "the yard arm" it was always free-content for them!
And governance for freedom found in Estate from U S law, not conveyance of contraband from English Custom and United Nations; is abomination for cpitlsm*& the lord above!

lerris.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rules, norms, laws, ethics and procedures are just tools to MAGA. They will use and discard them as useful, picking them back up when they are useful again.

It's all a scam... They have no moral foundation I've been able to discern...

iamjenysaisquoi.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm 50 years old and I've watched Republicans try to limit free speech my entire life. That's why I'm a Democrat.

bruceediger.bsky.social•1 day ago

Before my subscription to WaPo ran out, I ran into a commentor insisted that actually the 1st Trump admin was more constitutional than Biden, because courts denied some Biden actions, like student loan cancellation.

mattbellviolinist.bsky.social•13 hours ago

They support free speech the same way the Declaration of Independence said all men are created equal.

There’s an invisible asterisk everybody knows about.

expectusatx.bsky.social•1 day ago

What gets lost in these debates is that both sides are censoring people; it's just that who gets censored shifts depending on who holds power. If we’re serious about defending open discourse, we need to call out suppression wherever it happens, not just when it’s politically convenient.

sachie2018.bsky.social•1 day ago

Both sides? When did Biden imprisoned a political dissent. You people pave the way for Trump.

mistakenscientist.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is a exactly right. We’ve gone from “weekend at Bernie’s” presidency to “emperors new clothes” presidency. Both are horrible.

youtackything.bsky.social•1 day ago

As always, the quiet part is, "Trump and Musk support free speech for people like me, and that's all I care about."

chibimitchi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pro Palestine protests were also suppressed under Biden. Trump capitalized on the groundwork that Biden laid to suppress anti Zionist rhetoric. Biden and Dems also supported the genocide fully. Using our tax dollars to kill civilians. They destroyed it all and now we get “Trump Gaza” as a result.

eyrieowl.bsky.social•12 hours ago

My brother is one of those (despite not liking Trump/Elon), and we've had some *vigorous* discussions about it. Basically, he was running a meme page on IG & is *extremely* upset about the sorts of moderation Meta was doing, and blames the Left. Lumps together Biden admin encouraging removal of /

eyrieowl.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Covid misinfo with Meta being very quick to remove & sanction acct for content flagged for all sorts of reasons, which made doing memes poking fun at current a lot more challenging b/c he never knew which meme might get reported and cause issues. There's /

eyrieowl.bsky.social•12 hours ago

a valid complaint that Meta (and largely algo content moderation) was/is bad at context, and humor is very context sensitive. But I think a large # of people who were all complaining about social media "censorship" for disparate reasons have merged b/c of the similarity of their issue, ignoring ctxt

leiao.bsky.social•1 day ago

When you think of them as mentally ill, it's easier to let it ride. If they bug you too much, encourage them to buy trump meme coins.

lenecharlotten.bsky.social•1 day ago

Speak up like Kelly https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lk7p7kde6k2o

zephhowell.bsky.social•1 day ago

They do kinda support the freedom to do slurs and hate speech. Is that not freedom?!

arramol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wilhoit was right.

hylen26.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Many opportunities for teeth grinding these days.

trodcan.bsky.social•23 hours ago

They don't want free speech. They want speech without consequences. You're allowed to speak about your distain for most Americans. We're allowed to respond to that.

dee20002.bsky.social•14 hours ago

You need a brain to forget. Not sure Congress GOP guys have one.

skiskamp.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ask Tubby how he feels about the J6 pardons? 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

angelasambataro.bsky.social•1 day ago

Only matters when saying Happy Holidays and Proper pronouns, then they don’t have to consider others!

mrsnuffleupagod.bsky.social•1 day ago

MAGA will lie about this until they’re blue in the face.

midnightrose.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trumpism is a form of mass hysteria, and that's a hill I'll die on.

tomrg.bsky.social•1 day ago

It gripped over half the voters in the last election. How do we explain that? (I can’t, so you may well be right). Is there more to it?

socalcanuckfan.bsky.social•1 day ago

People being given somebody to blame for their problems while the other side insisted everything is going great and dragged ass on holding Trump people accountable. (this is massive reductivism but i can share a more detailed position if you (or anyone else) wants)

tomrg.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Think the, other side insisted everything was great, might be a key thing there.

socalcanuckfan.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Centrist Dems: "Good ol' 'we need reasonable conservatives!', nothing beats that.

republicans: "Jail anyone who disagrees with us"

*republicans win*

Centrist Dems: We lose because we're too divisive.

midnightrose.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I don't share this perspective, but I respect that it's your opinion.

mrsnuffleupagod.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Brains partially made out of trans-fats and filled with lifetime accumulations of lead, microplastics and dipshit conservatism.

midnightrose.bsky.social•1 day ago

The best tool of his brainwashing worked because he made people feel special. He made white people feel superior. He made Republicans feel superior. He made Christians feel superior. He manipulated people w/ fear, like the myth of "criminal and rapist Mexicans" invading their good Christian suburbs.

tomrg.bsky.social•23 hours ago

He certainly has that effect on his fans, that’s why they cling to him despite everything. (Did Obama, first time have a similar effect, though for very different reasons?) And it also explains why some minority groups turned out for him in larger than expected no’s.

midnightrose.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Speaking of Obama; that's what radicalized Trump, Republicans & Conservatives. They were furious that a mixed race man of part African ancestry had the ultimate power & control over the USA. Their white supremism couldn't stand it. So they took to the streets demonizing him & everything he stood for

tomrg.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I always thought that about some sections. The open display or semi automatic weapons at his Obamacare town halls. They thought it was tyranny because he was black. Now faced with a real democratic threat they are very quiet.

tomrg.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The left has a tendency to shout at anyone who has ever disagreed with it, and tell them they never want their vote if they once thought/voted one way. Trump is weirdly welcoming.

midnightrose.bsky.social•5 hours ago

We hoped and prayed for alllll the votes.

midnightrose.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I don't find this statement to be true.

midnightrose.bsky.social•1 day ago

Did this to beat the character count.

suasponte2023.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mass hysteria cultivated by MAGA social media, cable news, and GOP politicos.

tomrg.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Social media as the main way of getting news and forming opinion is probably central to it all.

ddwebster.bsky.social•12 hours ago

https://ibegtodiffer.substack.com/p/it-is-now-clear-this-administrations

billadler.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is anti-free speech. Musk, too. Trump wants to suppress dissent.

redback.bsky.social•1 day ago

They support the Putin version of free speech.

darthburkie.bsky.social•1 day ago

ondinemd.bsky.social•1 day ago

ME TOO. 🥶

ssstephanie.bsky.social•1 day ago

When their actions don't align with their words, their words mean shit.

mherringe.bsky.social•1 day ago

ryananderson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Once people are tricked, it’s very hard to un-trick them.

electricspacegirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Republicans only believe in free speech when it involves speech that they like.

stonemom.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Mike, you'll spend less time being frustrated if you just remind yourself (feel free to chant it over and over, like a mantra):"You can't cure stupid, you can't cure stupid, you can't cure stupid...." (To the rhythm of Dorothy saying, "there's no place like home, there's no place like home...")

mustangsally33.bsky.social•1 day ago

The only amendment republicans care about is Second Amendment

myrick.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nah, they’d happily strip gun rights from the Black Panthers, Habitat for Humanity, the ACLU, etc…

They don’t support rights in general. And should be treated as the hypocrites they are. Fuck ‘em.

chief-wahoo-lives.bsky.social•1 day ago

Only the last 4 words of it.

daisymaezzy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Careful. If you start grinding your teeth to deal with all the leaps of logic and mental gymnastics necessary to defend Elon and the gang you’re going to be spending an awful lot of time and money on dentistry.

lraycraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

I had to get a mouthguard...

cg13.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Democrats need to fully understand that every Republican in Congress is an utter coward and political hack! Every Republican in Congress is a pathetic spineless minion of Trump and the billionaire oligarchs. And that they can never be trusted in what they say. Always look at their actions.

coctaanatis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also the whadabout Biden crowd who both-sides every abuse of power by the current administration.

sweatband09.bsky.social•1 day ago

Those folks are arguing in bad faith.

chadfarrenburg.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m convinced there are a lot of brainwashed MAGAs who can’t be corrected but there is also a significant number who just love gaslighting everyone around them. Who feel like it’s all for the cause.

taormint.bsky.social•1 day ago

Republicans have gone woke!

megankcool.bsky.social•1 day ago

Big difference, BUT let's not pretend that Biden was supportive of anti-genocide and pro-Palestinian protestors. His rhetoric and his actions prove otherwise. Biden owns some of the current animus towards anti-genocide protestors.