“What I saw was students linking arms, hugging each other while being brutalized by the police. I think the only violence we saw that day was from the police.”
Remember all the times Elon Musk said Tesla is so amazing for the environment? The company is being sued for violating the Clean Air Act hundreds of times in recent years by emitting harmful pollutants from its Fremont factory into nearby neighborhoods.
@parismarx Don't forget the #pollution, I & #Spacex are creating by sending those rockets to pollute the stratosphere too & depositing all those junk satellites there just like I talk a lot about #FreeSpeech while @x keep censoring people all the time
“If you’re calling for the arrest of protesters who are simply engaging in First Amendment activities on public space, then you’re exposing yourself as a partisan ...”
«This week, the Senate may pass a bill granting the executive branch extraordinary power to investigate and strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status based on a unilateral accusation of wrongdoing.»
Democrats have a narrow majority in the US Senate. tell me again how exactly are Democrats proving they are antifascist?
“Adults will be faced with a choice: either limit their freedom of expression by not accessing content, or expose themselves to increased security risks that will arise from data breaches and phishing sites [by having to do age assurance]."
Educational and help material, especially where it relates to sexuality, gender identity, drugs and other sensitive topics may be denied to young people by moderation systems.
Risks to children will continue with these measures. Regulators need to shift their approach to one that empowers children to understand the risks they may face.
Another asshole on mastodon who got mad about my post about German police attacking a man carrying Jews against genocide.
Supporting police brutality against those protesting against ongoing genocide while crying over lack of free speech for those denying the Holocaust is the lowest I have seen.
Extreme right and so called liberals seems to be united in their fight against Palestinian protesters (as always).
"Israel is supposed to be the leading example of democracy in the Middle East, but the country has moved forward with some wildly anti-democratic behavior. Not only did the Benjamin Netanyahu-led country over the weekend ban Al Jazeera from broadcasting for 45 days, but its authorities confiscated the Qatari-funded outlet's broadcast equipment, shut down its offices, and blocked its website in the country —"
I'm seeing so many new defenders of "Free Speech" out there, and while I believe in Free Speech as a principle too, society has learned that sometimes "Free Speech" is a cover for hate and harassment.
We even have a name for it, "Freeze Peach".
Yet I'm seeing the same people who would otherwise demand action be taken against Freeze Peach now defending people who make direct threats against Jews: calling for violence against them, calling for their murder, calling for their discrimination, villianizing and calling for de-funding of Jewish institutions.
I don't believe these people have turned into "Free Speech Absolutists" ; they would still recognize and rightfully demand the silencing of hate groups in favor of human rights in other cases.
The logical conclusion I've come to is that they believe Jews are sub-human, and thus undeserving of these same protections.
Once seen as subhuman, any action on them can be justified.
"Americans are losing our rights and freedoms gradually, and every time I work with organizations outside of democratic countries, I’m reminded that once rights and freedoms are gone, they’re incredibly difficult to regain.
This has been top of mind all week as I’ve watched University and College Administrations call on police to break up protest encampments."
I'm going to say again: If you want to claim that you occupy the moral high ground as you side with Donald Trump and the Republicans (and, yes, some centrist Democrats) when you attack the rights of students to protest, then you need to think again.
You are on very shaky moral ground, indeed, and claiming the protests are all about antisemitism when they're not makes that moral ground no firmer. Others can see who you are as you stand with Trump.