• kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    403·
    5 hours ago

    (Actual conversation)

    Freedom loving conservative™: Speak your mind its your right to say things even if it offends people

    Me: The 50k dead Palestinian civilians won’t bring back the dead Israelis from Oct 7th

    Freedom loving conservative™: HOW DARE YOU, YOU ARE A TERRORIST SYMPATHISER AND YOU DESERVE TO BE DEPORTED, THAT SORT OF SPEECH SHOULD BE BANNED

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zipEnglish
      65·
      11 hours ago

      some people misinterpret “freedom of speech” meaning universal freedom of speech. all it mandates is that the government isn’t going to punish you for saying shit. It does not protect a person if other people punish them for saying shit.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        5 hours ago

        You also aren’t entitled to a platform. A website not letting you post something isn’t about “freedom of speech.”

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        431·
        11 hours ago

        Another way to say that is: Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences your speech elicits in others.

          • masterofn001@lemmy.caEnglish
            33·
            7 hours ago

            I have written a memorandum that punching of nazis shall not be prosecuted if the person punching a Nazi is a sitting anyone.

            I have also decreed that, by the laws of there no longer being laws, you may also slap, kick, purple nurple, spit on, or cause them to cry for mommy in any way seen fit in the process of de-nazification

    • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      My bet is it’s a trick to justify themselves to their dumbass fanbase later on. “They censored us for years, now we’re in power it’s only fair that we get to arrest people who criticize us!”

    • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
      32·
      8 hours ago

      It isn’t now. Go watch a science video on Facebook and read the comments. Every time I report all the idiots, and every time Meta decides not to remove the blatantly hateful, false information.

      • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        5 hours ago

        dude I keep forgetting Facebook exists until someone talks about it in present tense and it gives me a little surprise. it’s like someone saying they looked something up on askjeeves

      • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        7 hours ago

        I don’t use Facebook but I find that on YouTube people will spout blatantly awful bigoted takes and any kind of response I make, no matter how much I try to clean up the language, will get shadow deleted

      • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
        5·
        8 hours ago

        I don’t have a facebook account for that and a myriad of other reasons. But I agree I am lagging culturally because of it. I’m sorry that I get that way on here when I get all wound up.

        • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
          2·
          8 hours ago

          No, you’re fine, I was trying to illustrate that it’s already, and has been happening for quite some time. I wouldn’t be on Facebook at all if it weren’t for my family. I absolutely detest what sort of drivel is allowed to be posted there.

      • Kintarian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Let’s see, the conservative Christian right just voted in a nasacistic tyrant twice. They want to declare America as a Christian country. They want to abolish the separation of church and state. They want to teach creationism in schools. They want LGBT to register as sex offenders. They want to remove books from schools and libraries they don’t like. They want to immediately execute every death row inmate. I’m not sure why I’m pissed at conservatives.

        • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          4 hours ago

          They want to abolish the separation of church Christianity and state.

          FTFY

          Watch how quick they backslide when a group supporting Islam or even Church of Satan ask for their dogma to be back by the force of law.

        • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          8 hours ago

          They want to abolish the separation of church and state. They want to teach creationism in schools. They want LGBT to register as sex offenders. They want to remove books from schools and libraries they don’t like.

          Really sounds like they want to make USA a region of russia.

  • Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
    23·
    9 hours ago

    You mean stuff like “we should deport illegal immigrants” and “abortion is murder”

    Because conservatives aren’t really afraid to say them. At worst, he’s just trying to avoid another ban.

    • pivot_root@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      8 hours ago

      They aren’t afraid to say “your body my choice” and “repeal the 19th” nowadays either

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.worldEnglish
    325·
    11 hours ago

    Those are actually Libertarian views posing as Conservative views because Conservatism has been taken over by billionaire libertarian think tanks, looking to lower their taxes.