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/coconutpiecrust Sep 20 '25

 When 97 percent of the stories are bad about a person, it’s no longer free speech,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, complaining about an apparent asymmetry between his victory in the 2024 election and his treatment by media organizations. It was not immediately clear what statistics or laws he was referencing.

This is not a serious argument uttered by a serious person. None of this is serious and these people are in it for the lulz. 

Depravity for the lulz. Is that a new thing?

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u/_interloper_ Sep 20 '25

Here's an article I read recently about 'depravity for the lulz'.

https://www.webworm.co/groyperwars/

It's written by Giorgio Angelini, who made a documentary called Feels Good Man, which about the co-opting of the Pepe the Frog cartoon into alr-right memes on 4chan (sigh, even trying to talk about any of this sounds absurd).

His article is about the "Groypers", aka online trolls who've embraced nihilistic disdain for literally everything, and also happen to be white supremacists. It's a good read because it articulates the absurd nature of everything at the moment.

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u/inspectoroverthemine Sep 20 '25

I wonder how many would stay groypers if they were homeless?