TheEncogitationer wrote:
[…]Citizens United was defending anyone’s right to express themselves via donations.

What It Takes to Speak Freely: A Defense of Citizens United Written By Eli Solomon https://hulr.org/fall-2024/what-it-takes-to-speak-freely-a-defense-of-citizens-united

That article emphasizes more than once, I’m paraphrasing, that “…[Read more]

Jake,

I take it you mean Jason Stanley from the other thread. Academia and NPR/CPB are just self-sabotagiing. You don’t even have to be Trump or MAGA to either help them along or enjoy it,

Trump and MAGA are also self-sabotaging with Signalgate. Except for the fact that Islamofascists, Russia, and Red China could be getting intel, this would…[Read more]

Enco,

I wasn’t going to bother responding to the ideologue. Just one more instance in which an ideologue is utterly blind to his ideology.

But he is a self-proclaimed patriot. Patriots high tail it out of the country
to Toronto when things get dicey. Right? I am good with him finding a home on the moon. I am gonna kill the fucking baar today.

PopeBeanie,

Leftism vs Authoritarianism in America, are those the only main characters left playing now?

It’s Authoritarianism all around and all the way down.

All these universities who have been on the taxpayer’s teat all these years have been imposing speech codes and speech regimens on students and dangling tenure over the heads of…[Read more]

Robert,

You do know that the biggest opponents of Citizens United v. The Federal Elections Commission were all corporations in the mainstrem media like The New York Timees, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Corporation for Public Brodcasting? And that the ruling sure didn’t make opposing politcians choosy about donations?

And you do know…[Read more]

Leftism vs Authoritarianism in America, are those the only main characters left playing now?

The 19-1/2 minute video is about Fascism taking down or converting universities into instruments of the state. Side note, “they” now want NPR and PBS to be next on the chopping block.

Well, we allow billionaires who own mass media channels and social media websites to contribute hundreds of millions to political candidates.

Go ahead and tell me about “free” speech. What a crock of bullshit. Speech is not free…it is for sale and is owned by billionaires.

Having professional, educated people who are experts in their areas and…[Read more]

Robert,

The Big Lie didn’t start in 2015, nor did “Alternative Facts” start with Kellyanne Conway.

Basically, MAGA just looked at the Postmodern/Critical Theory/Identitarian students who’ve spent 60 years repeating: “Hey!-Hey! Ho!-Ho! Western Civ Has Got To Go!” and telling of “My Truth! His Truth! Her Truth!” and MAGA replied:

“Hold my…[Read more]

Jake,

When did Hannibal diversify into Davy Crockett’s territory of killin’ bar?