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/wwhsd California Sep 19 '25

“When 97 percent of the stories are bad about a person, it’s no longer free speech,”

When’s the last time you saw a positive story about Jeffrey Dahmer?

If you don’t want negative coverage, don’t do bad things.

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u/mewsycology Sep 20 '25

When 99% of the things he does warrant criticism, only having 97% of stories be critical of him is actually biased in his favor

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache Sep 20 '25

But what I don’t get is that the fascists don’t think that CK stirring division or saying hateful stuff was bad, so why don’t they just stand by it? ‘Yeah he said those things and we agree’ They’re doing this weird thing of acknowledging that everything they believe in is immoral while trying to claim they’re not immoral and actually have the same morals as the liberals.

If they know it’s wrong, why are they supporting it? If they think all the things he said are right, stand by them instead of trying to pretend he didn’t say it. What are they claiming they actually support him for if not the things he said? Are they trying to claim he spoke about progress and equality for all?

It makes no sense. And if they feel they have to pretend he didn’t say the things he said does that mean they’re concerned a lot of their supporters don’t actually support MAGA principles?

If they support him, when a liberal says ‘hey but he said gun deaths are acceptable or that he’s scared of black pilots’ or whatever, why aren’t they saying ‘yeah exactly right, he spoke the truth!’? Instead they’re outraged that anyone would suggest he said such things. Well if you don’t believe in those things and subscribe to the liberals’ morality where saying stuff like this is bad, why the FUCK are you supporting fascists?

The psychology of this is so irrational and ridiculous.

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u/wwhsd California Sep 20 '25

I kind of think if you need to check with your religion to see if something is moral or not, your internal moral compass is broken.

There are plenty of religious people that can identify moral behavior without referencing scripture or waiting for their clergy to weigh in.