Tim Walz Endorsed Censorship In Front Of Millions Of Americans And No One Cares

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-04 00:38:09 | Updated at 2024-10-07 14:18:33 3 days ago

Tim Walz Endorsed Censorship In Front Of Millions Of Americans And No One Cares
The Federalist ^ | October 03, 2024 | Mark Hemingway

Posted on 10/03/2024 5:16:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The most important exchange in Tuesday’s vice presidential debate has been almost entirely ignored by the corporate media. Not surprisingly, that’s because it makes Walz look like an authoritarian and a fool in one fell swoop:

J.D. Vance: The most sacred right under the United States democracy is the First Amendment. You yourself have said there’s no First Amendment right to misinformation. Kamala Harris wants to use …

Tim Walz: …[inaudible] threatening or hate speech …

J.D. Vance: … the power of government and Big Tech to silence people from speaking their minds. That is a threat to democracy that will long outlive this present political moment. I would like Democrats and Republicans to both reject censorship. Let’s persuade one another. Let’s argue about ideas, and then let’s come together afterwards.

Tim Walz: You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater. That’s the test. That’s the Supreme Court test.

J.D. Vance: Tim. Fire in a crowded theater? You guys wanted to kick people off of Facebook for saying that toddlers should not wear masks.

CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell: Senator, the governor does have the floor.

Tim Walz: Sorry.

Ok, let’s unpack what happened here. Walz challenged Vance on Trump’s questioning of the 2020 election results and Jan. 6, and Vance countered by saying that if Walz and his running mate, Kamala Harris, were so concerned about the fate of democracy they wouldn’t be so adamantly pro-censorship. Specifically, Walz has previously said, quite incorrectly from any legal or moral standpoint, that there’s no First Amendment right to “misinformation.”

Walz interjects to, near as I can tell, try and clarify that he was also talking about limiting “threatening” words or “hate speech.” Interestingly, I looked at multiple debate transcriptions, and none of them had this quite audible interjection...

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Two whores, a knucklehead, and a statesman

2 posted on 10/03/2024 5:18:32 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )

To: Gene Eric

And the statesman, aka JD Vance won the debate big time.

3 posted on 10/03/2024 5:20:29 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Americans will get the government they deserve

4 posted on 10/03/2024 5:22:44 PM PDT by PGR88

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Vance stands up for prohibiting the feral government and Big Tech from censoring speech and the only retort that the Minnesota knucklehead could come with is “You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater.” What a maroon.

5 posted on 10/03/2024 5:24:47 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)

To: Gene Eric

#2: "Two whores, a knucklehead, and a statesman"

Two old hosed out whores years past their sell by date.

6 posted on 10/03/2024 5:29:19 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

15% have a clue. 85%-——funny cat tiktoks. I could be off a point or two but you know it’s true.

7 posted on 10/03/2024 5:33:39 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from withinE? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

People do care, at least the people that are thinking. Far too many simply await instructions to know what to care about - they’re unthinking. The instructors? Well, they’re not good people to say the least of course. They are Red Fascists.

8 posted on 10/03/2024 5:34:29 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)

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