Milesnmiles
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ORIGINAL: bounty44 great---have congress make a law curtailing the presidents' speech. remind me again that liberals like the 1st amendment? First, stop calling me a liberal, I am neither liberal or conservative. As I've said before I am a pragmatist, if it works do it if it doesn't don't, no matter whose idea it is. Second, who needs a law, a person can say almost anything they want but vilification is a waste of time unless you have a use for it down the line. quote:
ORIGINAL: bounty44 that said, there's a difference between necessary and sufficient steps. Yep quote:
ORIGINAL: bounty44 vilification can be simply vilification. it's debatable whether or not its a necessary step en route to the demise of the press, but at the very least, its not a sufficient one---at least to those of us, again, who aren't chicken little liberals. Again not a liberal and history shows that, although it can be just vilification, it is often the first step toward something else. quote:
ORIGINAL: bounty44 that is, whatever trump says about the press is not automatically going to lead to whatever a next step could/would be. True but then why do it at all? quote:
ORIGINAL: bounty44 when reporters start getting assassinated, press buildings are shuttered or financially ruined through government oppression, the government starts buying newspapers, etc---then we have a problem. But again history shows that is a wee bit too late.
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