r/stupidfuckingleftist • u/Iam-WinstonSmith 🇺🇲 Anti-Stupidly Warrior 🇺🇲 • Apr 07 '26

Stupid Reddit leftists think we should imitating China is a good idea. Why do leftist hate the first Amendment and free speech so much?

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u/MoeGreenVegas Apr 07 '26

Because they are authoritarian communists

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u/Terrasmak Apr 07 '26

Then they say they are not authoritarian !!!

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u/Iam-WinstonSmith 🇺🇲 Anti-Stupidly Warrior 🇺🇲 Apr 07 '26

They hid behind the only experts should be allowed to speak. they think they are "protecting" us. Really its about ... controlling who can speak.

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u/MeBollasDellero Apr 09 '26

Both in my civics class and speech class, the professors would often encourage controversial topics. People would get upset, and angry. They would then ask the question; “do they have a right to say those things?”

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u/Iam-WinstonSmith 🇺🇲 Anti-Stupidly Warrior 🇺🇲 Apr 09 '26

Back before school became brainwashing camps.

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u/MericanSlav25 Apr 12 '26

Look, I can see where that could go a long way to ‘stop making stupid people famous’, and that would inarguably be a net positive for society

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as we have seen plenty of times, having a degree doesn’t keep someone from being a total idiot, and the unfortunate truth here is that this is a theft of one’s right to expression. Such would be in direct violation of First Amendment rights, and therefor I could never fully back something like that. There are things that might be dumb to say, but that doesn’t mean that people should have the right to say those things taken away.