it's infuriating when i see american leftists saying shit like "free speech is just code for racism without consequences" cuz like that's true in certain contexts (usually online) but historically it's also the only thing that lets the left organize in a country where 3 out of 4 people think all communists should be in prison.
It's a damn shame because like 15 years ago, standing up for free speech meant opposing things like this, which were omnipresent in the 90s and 2000s thanks to the Moral Majority and shit. Back then they would just burn the books and shame the "lib" teachers into quitting, these escalating legal consequences are much scarier.
no, they'll throw leftists in prison for causing a ruckus and doing crime. liberal conceptions of free speech have their limitations and conditions, but it is a bona fide part of the ruling ideology. The posting class on both the right and the left evidently cannot conceive of what it would actually be like if their politics were outlawed, like with actual death squads. Not only would Fred Hampton have been assassinated in his bed, the Panthers would never have existed at all.
We really fucked up allowing the right to hold a monopoly over "free speech". That used to be our turf.
it's infuriating when i see american leftists saying shit like "free speech is just code for racism without consequences" cuz like that's true in certain contexts (usually online) but historically it's also the only thing that lets the left organize in a country where 3 out of 4 people think all communists should be in prison.
It's a damn shame because like 15 years ago, standing up for free speech meant opposing things like this, which were omnipresent in the 90s and 2000s thanks to the Moral Majority and shit. Back then they would just burn the books and shame the "lib" teachers into quitting, these escalating legal consequences are much scarier.
They'll throw leftists in prison, or worse, for organizing. With or witout free speech protections. Freedom of speech is a meaningless concept.
no, they'll throw leftists in prison for causing a ruckus and doing crime. liberal conceptions of free speech have their limitations and conditions, but it is a bona fide part of the ruling ideology. The posting class on both the right and the left evidently cannot conceive of what it would actually be like if their politics were outlawed, like with actual death squads. Not only would Fred Hampton have been assassinated in his bed, the Panthers would never have existed at all.