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1. I have seen them interview some Russians that back Putin. They are just like

the Republicans here that watch Fox Nooz, totally brainwashed.

[BlackSkimmer]

12. I have both family and friends in Ireland.

You don’t sound very Irish with that attitude.

[FSogol]

22. +1. The old credibility problem!

[demmiblue]

2. ...

[demmiblue]

8. ...

[Mr.Bill]

3. Give any amount of freedom of speech we have now

and if the republicans take over Fox News will be the only news channel on your TV.

[WarGamer]

5. No.

[LiberatedUSA]

7. So what's your plan?

And how will it be passed and implemented?

[iemanja]

25. You seem to have meant restricting freedom of speech

which will do absolutely nothing to help Ukrainians.

[DBoon]

14. I took a formal declaration of war but Father Coughlin was forced off the radio

[Kaleva]

11. I disagree

Counter disinformation with information

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Too many to detain, too soft in their lifestyle to be much good for anything

How to stop their caravans? Plus they have 90% of the guns.

[mahina]

15. Hmmm. Welcome to DU.

[blogslug]

16. What freedoms would those be?

Not fond of that scare-word phrasing.

Personally, I would like to amend the Communications Act to reign in some of the FCC oversight lost as a result of the 1984 Cable Communications Act and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

[Beastly Boy]

17. Who gets to keep the right to free speech and who doesn't?

And who decides?

If we decide to become like them, they have won. And you are not getting your free speech back.

[Sympthsical]

18. Can Republicans restrict your rights until you come to your senses?

If not, why not?

[Karma13612]

19. Nah,

The best thing is to flood the airwaves, TV and social media with truth.

We need to get better at confronting the lies and disputing them with truth. Loud and proud.

I am not giving up my right to free speech.

But, yea, maybe we need a way to make those who lie face consequences. We could start by telling people that they are lying when they are. I am sick of people who use milder accusations when someone lies like: “That is misleading” or “Those are alternative facts” or “Thats not completely accurate”.

Come right out and say: “You are lying”.



And as someone else just mentioned, Welcome to DU. I hope your time here is enjoyable and inspiring.

[Deuxcents]

32. Good discussion..

Free speech is a double edge sword. I enjoy my right to voice my opinion n believe we all should. What I am against is purposely putting out fictional information to sway, confuse or corrupt the narrative. If these “facts” are proven false, they should be made to say so..but..it’s already out there n most wont see the retraction. Most don’t care or know how to search for the truth..they just take the pablum and believe it.

[sarisataka]

20. Which enemy

And how will we know when they are defeated?

Or will this be temporary like the "Patriot" Act?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

23. Which enemy?

[meadowlander]

24. Keep freedom of speech. Impose real consequences for people who lie.

[Hekate]

34. FOX tries to have it both ways under the law. To their fans they allegedly give "fair and balanced"...

…. news reports. In a court of law they claim what they do is “entertainment” and so not subject to regulation.

I say: regulate the hell out of them. They are a propaganda network on behalf of a foreign adversary/foreign enemy.

[Mariana]

36. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to lie. nt.

[Hekate]

38. Are you free to libel someone without consequences?Are you free to divulge national security secrets

…without consequences? Are you free to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater without consequences?

[Mariana]

40. There are some exceptions, but generally, we are free to lie. nt.

[Hekate]

41. Consequences always await the liar, because others are also *free* exact them...

Liars get fired, shunned, and prosecuted all the time.

Murdoch has more money than God, and Trump has the Devil’s own luck. But for the rest of us, there are consequences…

[taxi]

26. I say we use the Wyoming Rule.

[Hekate]

39. Which is?

[Disaffected]

28. It's not pleasant to contemplate

but yeah, it may ultimately come to that. At some point the good outweighs the harm.

[greatauntoftriplets]

29. So we should kowtow to the GQP?

I'll pass.

[Iggo]

30. ...cities?

[Hekate]

31. No, thank you. Regulate FOX news (which lies 24/7) and remove hate radio from the Armed Forces

That would be a good start in cleaning up our airwaves and our national ability to talk to one another. I don’t think doing that counts as suppression of free speech at all, given how incredibly destructive they are.

[BlueIdaho]

33. Are you concerned about being "popular" here?

Interesting…

[Hekate]

35. I know...

sniff sniff

[jalan48]

37. Will our oligarch's sacrifice some of their freedoms?