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Quiet Em

(3,001 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 08:34 AM Sep 2025

What many MAGA cultists don't seem to get is that the FCC is the Government

The FCC using it's power to restrict speech, is the Government restricting free speech.

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What many MAGA cultists don't seem to get is that the FCC is the Government (Original Post) Quiet Em Sep 2025 OP
Yup, Krasnov has weaponized the FCC. gab13by13 Sep 2025 #1
They don't care, just like as long as the power is being used to punish people they're told not to like newdeal2 Sep 2025 #2
Yep. dalton99a Sep 2025 #3
They probably "think" it is code for FUCK. GreenWave Sep 2025 #4
They also don't get that it would be reasonable to presume Trump/GOP travelingthrulife Sep 2025 #5
Remember how outraged the right was when Biden's DOJ... Redleg Sep 2025 #6

newdeal2

(5,593 posts)
2. They don't care, just like as long as the power is being used to punish people they're told not to like
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 08:55 AM
Sep 2025

Same with all of the other abuses going on in this administration. The ends justify the means. Except in the end, their life won't be much better.

travelingthrulife

(5,557 posts)
5. They also don't get that it would be reasonable to presume Trump/GOP
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 10:12 AM
Sep 2025

ordered the hit on Kirk to allow them to do exactly what they are now doing.

Redleg

(7,026 posts)
6. Remember how outraged the right was when Biden's DOJ...
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:38 PM
Sep 2025

... advised social media platforms that they were platforming disinformation about Covid, Russia, etc? The DOJ didn't insist platforms to take down the disinformation, they didn't force them to take down disinformation, they simply advised them to take down disinformation.

My my, now we have actual de-platforming at the behest of the biggest whiner in history- DJT, the Tangerine Dictator.

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