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hay rick

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2. Nonsense.

Reply to tritsofme (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 12:25 PM

Aug 2025

Their lies are protected by the first amendment and they have the resources to spread them far and wide. Saying this is a self-correcting problem is easy but I don't think that's true. We can eat popcorn, watch our democracy go away and complain that wasn't supposed to happen afterward.

I don't have a solution but we need to talk about it and find a way to counteract these attacks on the truth and on democracy. I believe that this kind of widespread misinformation and disinformation had a decisive effect in 2024 with lies motivating low information voters to vote for Trump and/or not vote for Harris.

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America has a first amendment problem. [View all] hay rick Aug 2025 OP

Authoritarians are the only ones who have a problem with the First Amendment. tritsofme Aug 2025 #1

Nonsense. hay rick Aug 2025 #2

The answer to "bad speech" is good speech, not the restriction of speech. Jedi Guy Aug 2025 #3

I am not advocating for changes to the First Amendment or for taking cases to court based on First Amendment violations. hay rick Aug 2025 #5

"First amendment absolutists have agreed that you can't shout 'fire!' when there is no fire in a crowded movie theater" WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #4

The First Amendment restricts the government... appmanga Aug 2025 #6

Sadly, the incentives favor hate speech. hay rick Aug 2025 #8

The counterspeech doctrine lacks scientific evidence Mosby Aug 2025 #7

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