Obama Calls For Free Speech Crackdown: We Must “Detoxify” From “Scourge of Disinformation”

[daveman]

No.
Thanks for pointing out that the only "crackdown" is in your minds

Let's carry this out to its logical conclusion.

Where do you see it going? What's the next step? What's the final step?

 

[martybegan]

More inane hysteria from the right. He said nothing about government censorship. Infact he said nothing about censorship at all. But all rights, including free speech have their limits and when someone's speech costs live we have to draw a line. The lies being told have resulted in the murder of immigrants, religious minorities, LGBT people and others. People to die of diseases because of lies about common sense preventive measures. That cannot continue

His message is that we as individuals and as a society must do what we can to fight the tsunami of lies and misinformation. We must hold each other accountable for what is said . We must hold social media and news outlets accountable for the content of what is printed, and broadcast. That is not censorship. It is accountability. It is how a civilized society functions.

You people have no business bitching about authoritarianism and censorship after you seek to ban classic literature from libraries and schools, resist the teaching of the true racial history of the US and oppose educational programs intended to teach children respect and acceptance of themselves and others who may be different in terms of gender and sexual orientation.

AND YOU DO IT ALL WITH LIES

In case your interested, and I doubt that you are, here is an unbiased account of what he said

MSN

When you claim he isn't talking about censorship, and then say in THE SAME FUCKING PARAGRAPH free speech has limits, you show yourself to the the slimy liar you are.

Please go and make the world a better place by being 6 feet under it as soon as possible.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

When you claim he isn't talking about censorship, and then say in THE SAME FUCKING PARAGRAPH free speech has limits, you show yourself to the the slimy liar you are.

Please go and make the world a better place by being 6 feet under it as soon as possible.

Bullshit. How am I a liar? Saying that there are limits is NOT censorship

 

[Independent thinker]

Who said the Left are fascists?
Anyone care to bet we never hear the call for government censorship of speech when a Republican moves into the White House with a Supermajority behind him/her in 25?


Former President Barack Obama did not miss the opportunity at the 2022 Copenhagen Democracy Summit to call for more censorship, asserting we must “detoxify our discourse.”

Obama Calls for Speech Crackdown at Int’l Summit: We Must 'Detoxify' from ‘Scourge of Disinformation’

Former President -- and author of the 2013 PolitiFact Lie of the Year -- Barack Obama did not miss the opportunity at the 2022 Copenhagen Democracy Summit to call for more censorship, asserting we must “detoxify our discourse.”

www.newsbusters.org

I agree with him. Soon as Republicans take power we need to cleanse the MSM of misinformation.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Bullshit. How am I a liar? Saying that there are limits is NOT censorship

Anyone claiming a President has no impact upon oil prices should be banned on all social media websites for false information.

 

[22lcidw]

Bullshit. How am I a liar? Saying that there are limits is NOT censorship

A football coach was just censored big time. One of many people destroyed by Progs.

 

[martybegan]

Bullshit. How am I a liar? Saying that there are limits is NOT censorship

By saying "government won't do anything" and then right away saying government can do something, that's how you are lying.

When someone says there are limits to what a person can say, and consequences for saying it, they are CENSORING, it's the fucking definition of the word. When government does it, it's GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP.

Get it, milk boi?

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Please go and make the world a better place by being 6 feet under it as soon as possible.

Recommended method—Sharing a prison cell with the older brother of one of its victims.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

By saying "government won't do anything" and then right away saying government can do something, that's how you are lying.

When someone says there are limits to what a person can say, and consequences for saying it, they are CENSORING, it's the fucking definition of the word. When government does it, it's GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP.

Get it, milk boi?

Bullshit! Censorship is when an individual piece of literature or art is forbidden or altered for political, religious or cultural reasons

That is different then limiting or forbidding speech that is clearly lies or misinformation and that is a threat to public safety. You know , like yellg fire in a theater.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

So we should all forget Barry Hussein’s long record of misinformation, lies, and incivility and now say he is someone we need advice from on those subjects?

You are another on who has to fall back on an appeal to hypocrisy logical fallacy because you are unable to actually argue against what Obama is saying

 

[daveman]

Bullshit! Censorship is when an individual piece of literature or art is forbidden or altered for political, religious or cultural reasons

That is different then limiting or forbidding speech that is clearly lies or misinformation and that is a threat to public safety. You know , like yellg fire in a theater.

Who gets to determine what is a lie and what is misinformation, and how can you guarantee that authority won't be misused for political purposes?

 

[Weatherman2020]

Bullshit! Censorship is when an individual piece of literature or art is forbidden or altered for political, religious or cultural reasons

That is different then limiting or forbidding speech that is clearly lies or misinformation and that is a threat to public safety. You know , like yellg fire in a theater.

Forbidden speech!
Like the Vax won’t stop you from catching and spreading the ChiCom flu?
Like Hillary made up the whole Russia collusion hoax?
Like the ChiCom flu is manmade?
Like masks don’t work?
Like Biden is cognitive?

 

[Lisa558]

The Democrats’ only prayer of winning elections Is to keep Republicans from exposing how destructive and harmful their leftist policies are, and how violent and threatening their supporters are. There are many liberals who are unaware, for example, that a leftist tried to assassinate Kavanaugh.

 

[Dragonlady]

Fuck off, fascist.

"Freedom of speech" doesn't mean you get to lie with impunity. There are all kinds of laws against lying in public, starting with "You can't scream 'fire' in a crowded theatre", nor can you call your neighbour a "pedophile" without proof. If you lie to someone to get money from them, that's "fraud", if you lie to the IRS, that's "tax fraud".

Republicans are now whining that they're being banned in violation of their "freedom of speech" rights, when in fact, the only right that's being impugned is their perceived right to lie with impunity.

 

[Dragonlady]

Forbidden speech!
Like the Vax won’t stop you from catching and spreading the ChiCom flu?
Like Hillary made up the whole Russia collusion hoax?
Like the ChiCom flu is manmade?
Like masks don’t work?
Like Biden is cognitive?

Why do you want to keep repeating these proven lies? To raise funds from your supporters???? That's fraud, and should be punishable with jail time.

 

[daveman]

"Freedom of speech" doesn't mean you get to lie with impunity. There are all kinds of laws against lying in public, starting with "You can't scream 'fire' in a crowded theatre", nor can you call your neighbour a "pedophile" without proof. If you lie to someone to get money from them, that's "fraud", if you lie to the IRS, that's "tax fraud".

Republicans are now whining that they're being banned in violation of their "freedom of speech" rights, when in fact, the only right that's being impugned is their perceived right to lie with impunity.

Again -- who gets to decide what's a lie, and how can you guarantee that authority won't be abused for political purposes?

Remember that every power you give the government may well be used against you.

 

[daveman]

Why do you want to keep repeating these proven lies? To raise funds from your supporters???? That's fraud, and should be punishable with jail time.

Fuck off, fascist.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Why do you want to keep repeating these proven lies? To raise funds from your supporters???? That's fraud, and should be punishable with jail time.

Hilarious. You actually still believe your masters.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

All those common sense preventive measures have been shown to be useless except for population control..........ooooops

You are exactly the type of turd that Obama was talking about

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Forbidden speech!
Like the Vax won’t stop you from catching and spreading the ChiCom flu?
Like Hillary made up the whole Russia collusion hoax?
Like the ChiCom flu is manmade?
Like masks don’t work?
Like Biden is cognitive?

WHAT? Can you form sentenses and prsent an actual coherant argument?