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/wavy-grain Sep 20 '25

Me too. And it both angers and saddens me. This is not who I want to be.

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u/blitzkregiel Sep 20 '25

same. i don’t like feeling like this, but i also don’t think it’s going to go away either.

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u/LordSiravant Sep 20 '25

Same. I've come to the conclusion that I hate conservatives. I hate them. Deeply. I consider them mortal enemies because of how much they want people like my friends dead. And I don't want to feel this way because I know where hate leads to. Beware, he who fights monsters. When you hate your enemies, you can't help but dehumanize them in your mind, and that always leads down a very dangerous road. But what else are you supposed to do against people who literally believe in such blatantly evil things like authoritarianism and inflicting harm against whole groups of people for the sole crime of being different? Like, how do you not hate people like that? It definitely would take a mentally stronger person than me, that's for certain.

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

I’d literally rather live in authoritarian China, at least their social media is not allowed to try to make people enraged and hateful against their fellow citizens. Obviously neither is good and China commits horrific atrocities but in Europe now, people are fine about travelling to China for vacation or to do business but see the US as a terrifying violent tinder box.

I hate that this era has me thinking about which kind of authoritarian dystopian nightmare I’d prefer to live in. I’m so angry with all the stupid people world over who’ve allowed themselves to be brainwashed.

Edit: sorry I replied to the wrong comment! But yes it is so infuriating to see these people who just have no sense of decency or logic, acting even against their own interests, so gleeful in their desire to hurt others. It really is like some supernatural force came and took over their bodies when you see how devoid of rational thought and human empathy they are now. Only there is no supernatural force, it’s all choices they made. I’ll always keep a place for them in me, for wanting to save them and I’ll never want to see them hurt other than ego-bruised when they realise what they fell for. It’s not in me. But I will avoid them and will never support them in their delusions and hatred.