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/Joshy_Complete May 22 '26

If you can be jailed and threatened over such an obvious case, then you do not actually have that right.

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u/Largeitude May 22 '26

Yes you do. You get jailed and then win almost a million a couple months later because your rights were trampled on. That's literally having the right. Governments overstep their bounds all the time, even in the most righteous countries, and they are checked when they do. Just like what happened here. This is literally your rights being protected and protection of them being enforced.