• WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    16 hours ago

    We actually live in a world now in which the President of the United States explicitly states his intent to overtly violate the first amendment and the media just repeats it as if nothing of any note is going on.

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      3 hours ago

      I think we actually get to understand now how Hitler came to power. I remember in school, I was mystified how such an hateful man could become a leader of a country. Now I understand.

      History will most likely repeat itself and humanity needs a big war to once again remember what hate leads to.

      It just sucks for the ones who already learned that lesson from basic history.

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      4 hours ago

      Your first amendment only applies to congress and legislative bodies at state and municipal levels. Private citizens and corporations technically can do whatever they want.

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      11 hours ago

      and the media just repeats it as if nothing of any note is going on.

      Mainstream media at least. Thankfully, Arstechnica and The Verge have been shouting from the rooftops at how unconstitutional and fascist the trump regime is being.