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Free speech is the FIRST Amendment for good reason. Without it, we’re not really free. In Britain, police arrest hundreds of people a week for things they say online. Here, Democrats and Republicans say contradictory things about free speech.

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🚨 NOW in Parliament - Senator Babet to introduce legislation to save Free Speech in Australia NEW legislation would force a referendum, an Australian vote to enshrine U.S. like 1st Amendment free speech principles within the Constitution. Senator Alex Antic, in support of Senator Babet, provides chilling testimony of where freedom is right now Globally and in Australia. SEN. ANTIC - “I never really thought we’d be in a position where we’d need it... but this is one of the most important issues.... if we do not have free speech, we do not have a democracy” Free Speech has been weakened all over the World, with no better example than the UK, who is arresting “tens of thousands of people every year for things they say online”. Covid was an example of where free speech was destroyed.... and era of “mass hysteria and authoritarianism... making us a laughing stock on the World stage.. it destroyed families... speech was continuously suppressed by all means” “Many Australian discovered the harsh truth... we really don’t have free speech in this country.. it should be reduced to writing in the foundational document”

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32,626 views • 4 months ago

"If we're not brave enough to say these things, the very future of our society is at stake... Islamism is now a force in our society and our politics. If we surrender to it, we know the demands for Islamic separatism will follow." On free speech and Islam in Britain:

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Nick Timothy MP

288,645 views • 9 months ago

Charlie Kirk's tragic assassination has sparked a discussion about hate speech and the 1st amendment: Cenk Uygur: "So what? He said terrible things about MLK. Ok so Charlie doesn't like him and said bad things, so what? I can't understand why people then say 'We have to shut it down' Did you think that people were only going to say pleasant things throughout your entire life? Did you think that people were only going to say things you agree with and that you find to be comfortable? No, the whole point of the first amendment is sometimes we're going to make each other uncomfortable. It doesn't protect popular speech, it protects unpopular speech." Tara Palmeri: "Even offensive speech." Cenk Uygur: "The whole point of the 1st amendment is not to protect speech about how cute puppies and babies are. The point of the first amendment is to protect offensive speech. The people who take most offensive generally speaking in society are the powerful." There is nothing more American than offensive speech.

Charlie Kirk's tragic assassination has sparked a discussion about hate speech and the 1st amendment: Cenk Uygur: "So what? He said terrible things about MLK. Ok so Charlie doesn't like him and said bad things, so what? I can't understand why people then say 'We have to shut it down' Did you think that people were only going to say pleasant things throughout your entire life? Did you think that people were only going to say things you agree with and that you find to be comfortable? No, the whole point of the first amendment is sometimes we're going to make each other uncomfortable. It doesn't protect popular speech, it protects unpopular speech." Tara Palmeri: "Even offensive speech." Cenk Uygur: "The whole point of the 1st amendment is not to protect speech about how cute puppies and babies are. The point of the first amendment is to protect offensive speech. The people who take most offensive generally speaking in society are the powerful." There is nothing more American than offensive speech.

Eric Abbenante

485,281 views • 10 months ago