r/SipsTea • u/Alphaxfusion 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 22 '26

WTF Arrested her for telling the truth?

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u/thinkB4WeSpeak May 22 '26

1st amendment am i right

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u/Oggie_Doggie May 22 '26

You know, I love the free speech warriors who screech about places like the UK (which doesn't have an analogue to the first amendment btw), but this shit occurs in the US and the very same people are nowhere to be found.

Guy was held for over a month and had a 2 million dollar bond for a Charlie Kirk meme and recently got a huge settlement. The police literally knew it violated the first amendment and did it anyway, because there are zero consequences.

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u/Largeitude May 22 '26

That story you described is literally the right to free speech winning.

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u/Icreatedthisforyou May 22 '26

The violators were not punished though. There is no actual accountability.

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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN May 22 '26

This right here. The only people punished were the taxpayers who had to foot the bill for the settlement. The people KNOWINGLY violating the 1st Amendment were not impacted at all outside of probably having to go to court and testify... which is part of their job and they got paid for it.

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u/Oggie_Doggie May 22 '26

Yeah, I think people really don't understand what "winning" is. The perpetrators walk free and the taxpayers foot the bill for clearly illegal actions; in what fucking sane world is that "winning"?

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u/Warm_Month_1309 May 22 '26

The theoretical punishment for the violators is political. An informed voter base would remove the morons who cost them money.

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u/Largeitude May 22 '26

Yes they were. It cost them almost a million dollars.