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111 points

No fucking shit

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I’m glad this was in politics. Because it’s certainly not news

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  1. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion, please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.

Wow. The updoinks… Such quality discourse and amazing insight!

How is this entire sub not considered a giant circle tug?

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You’re right that it wasn’t a very high quality post, but with this topic, what else is there to say? Conservatives have been pretending they’re free speech warriors while at the same time very publicly banning books. It’s so obvious that there isn’t really anything to discuss.

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Because the post articulated what the majority of us already knew. That as always has been, the repression in this country comes from the conservatives. The very definition of a liberal philosophy would be against a threat to free speech. When conservatives complain their rights are being trampled on, it’s normally their “right” to harm some group or person that they do not like. A liberal wouldn’t say you aren’t allowed to have a negative view of such person, but may consider it flawed, but wouldn’t say you have a right to harm that person because you don’t like them. Conservatives want to control what you can say, think, and do, to only what fits in a world that makes them comfortable, and feel better about themselves.

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Please note that it is not only a US-specific issue. Right has especially in its extreme lengths always been somewhat oppressive and as the right has become more right (again) (also read as in more fascist) in recent years oppressive policies they support are getting more and more oppressive.

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Ribbit

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Yeah. It’s only the conservatives doing it.

https://crosscut.com/news/2022/01/kill-mockingbird-hot-seat-wa-school-district

How about we let parents choose the schools and literature that their children read. No no no. Can’t do that. That would be fascist!

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26 points

Found the Trump supporter

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C’mon, might just be gullible and uneducated.

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20 points

u/Muchtall seems like as good as any to block.

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Yes. Block the guy that doesn’t agree with me. Seems reasonable.

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Hey look everyone, this guy is cool

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14 points

Thank God you’re here! I was starting to quote Marx and feelyself turning trans, but you woke me up!

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8 points

Wait, no, come back! You dropped your gender!!

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I don’t understand. You’re saying the conclusion is so obvious that the article is worthless and redundant?

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You’re saying the conclusion is so obvious that the article is worthless and redundant?

I’m saying that. But also, it doesn’t hurt to keep talking about it for those who haven’t yet realized what’s going on.

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