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> I thought I believed in free speech

Fascists on the left and right want you to doubt this.

What we saw on Capitol Hill was vile and atrocious, but it was a bunch of uneducated hillbillies that have been indoctrinated. They might have been afforded the chance to invade by Trump insiders, but they would never have toppled our government. In reality, they stood zero chance of threatening our democracy.

Big media and big tech are using this to show you that it's okay if they deplatform and take free speech away. Don't trust it. This is the real threat to democracy. Shutting off dissent. Promulgating only allowed thoughts. Cancelling.

The best way to reach these people and talk them down is by addressing them in a non-violent manner and meeting their needs. The boom years are over, and our economy only works for the top earners. Everyone is unhappy. Left, right, north, south, urban, rural. We are under attack from foreign and domestic powers seeking to divide and polarize the electorate and take advantage of it. The chaos makes it easy for them to distract and compel.

The fix is the hard path. Addressing systemic inequalities, reaching across the aisle, addressing income disparities, and educating our nation's children.

Free speech is one of the things that makes our nation great. Not because it permits hate, but in spite of it. Because it enables love.

I dislike Parler as much as you do, but what's happening right now should shake you to the very core.




> but it was a bunch of uneducated hillbillies that have been indoctrinated.

A woman who flew in her private plane. Serving and former military officers, including intelligence officers. Children of judges. A sitting politician. But yeah, obviously hillbillies.


> A woman who flew in her private plane.

https://twitter.com/jennaryanrealty

> Jenna Ryan | Texas Real Estate Broker

> Plano, Texas

Have you been to Plano?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/ky9gtn/jenna_ryan_s...

With a discernable accent she says, "I have a lot of faith in God" and "I was just knowing that God's going to take care of me in this situation"

Hillbilly might not be geographically correct, but I bet she has a deer head mounted somewhere in her home.

But that doesn't matter. My point is that we shouldn't be questioning free speech because of these idiots.

These assholes will be prosecuted. Let the system deal with them. Leave free speech alone.


Plano isn't exactly poor?




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