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Trump vows to jail anyone who says he’s against free speech (chaser.com.au)

submitted 3 weeks ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works

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Former-Former US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his support for free speech by vowing to jail anyone who says he’s against it.

This comes after pressure from the Trump administration who vowed to ‘legalise comedy’ is said to have contributed to the axing of talk shows hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, but unfortunately not Jimmy Fallon.

Despite this, Trump is adamant that he supports all forms of free speech as long as it is limited to complements, praise and rigorous arse kissing. [...]

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

They're just reporting the news.

[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 weeks ago

For a second I thought this was real, but when I realized it wasn't I was like "but he'd totally do that".

[–] darvocet 11 points 3 weeks ago

This only valid for like 7 more days.

[–] LdyMeow@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is like…. So close to nottheonion is depressing.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/todd-blanche-trump-protesters-rico-b2828408.html

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah on my feed earlier, this post ended up flanked by the nottheonion post for that article lmao

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Haha. Funny, but accurate.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Free speech has gone from being something right wingers pretend to defend back to a leftist virtue again.

Thats some comfort at least