Thread by @SteB777

Here's a funny old fact. None of these "free speech" warriors. Not Elon, not Far-right-rage, not Trump, are the slightest bit worried about peaceful people being arrested for holding a bit of paper, protesting against genocide. In fact, they say arrest them all, good.
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https://twitter.com/DefendourJuries/status/1964308873927327928

This tells you that "free speech" warriors are totally fake. That they don't really believe in free speech. They want the right to be racist in public, to call for violence against vulnerable minorities. They want the freedom to be Nazis, with no come back for them. No shame.
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If they really believed in free speech, and they absolutely don't, they'd support the right of others to be fairly heard, without fear of arrest, even if they didn't agree with them. But they don't, they want peaceful climate and anti-genocide activists, to be arrested.
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You see, the primary MO of the far right, is lying. Everything they claim to believe in, is the opposite of what they actually believe in i.e. doublespeak. They are total liars. Their leaders don't represent the people, they are the corrupt mouthpieces of oligarchs, the elite.
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The whole populist right, is a fake grassroots movement, funded by the super rich elite. Supported by thick, gullible racists, frothing at the mouth with rage and hate, who want to silence, cancel anyone who disagrees with them.
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It's all doublespeak. When they say, free speech, they mean they want the right to silence anyone who objects to them inciting hatred, violence and racism.

When they claim to want to fight the elite, they mean they want to fight for the elite to control everything.
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If the belief in free speech of the extreme right, is genuine, then why don't they support the right of others, to be freely heard, without fear of arrest.

Now prove me wrong, or I say you are a bunch of hypocritical liars. That you don't really believe in free speech.
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