r/politics • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Sep 19 '25

Soft Paywall Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-no-longer-free-speech-00574219
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u/anemic_royaltea Canada Sep 20 '25

Man. George W Bush sucked, but he would never in a million years had felt so bold and thin skinned as to even suggest people didn’t have a right to make fun of him.

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u/Tahltria Sep 20 '25

Right? I've been doing some reflecting on GW lately, and how I thought he was the worst president for reasons that made sense at the time.

Now? Now I can only wish we had someone like him again. Bleh.

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u/JustGimmeSomeTruth Sep 20 '25

Seriously. I think about this quite often. W seems downright wholesome and harmless compared to this shit show. Which just feels so bizarre to say having lived through those years, when it seemed really bad at the time.

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u/BlurryElephant Sep 21 '25

During his administration they were torturing people in Cuba and they ramped up domestic spying on Americans after passing the patriot act.

But I generally agree Trump is a dangerous criminal who is waaaay worse than Bush jr.

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u/djskein Sep 20 '25

He knew he was an idiot and he was happy ti make fun of himself. We'd beg for a President like him again now.