What is wrong with America

[whelk]

On 14/09/2025 at 08:55, benjii said:

 

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Can’t clear some Benji post

[whelk]

Why the fuck was Kash Patel wearing an LFC tie? Scousers can’t have been impressed having him as a fan 

[AlexLaw76]

 

[sadoldgit]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

 

It’s amazing what people will do to get billions of pounds of investment for this country isn’t it?

Meanwhile, how does this square with your belief in Free Speech and the First Amendment Donald?

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/16/media/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-hnk

And I noticed that over 150,000 people were exercising their right to Free Speech in London on Saturday.

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[Weston Super Saint]

32 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

It’s amazing what people will do to get billions of pounds of investment for this country isn’t it?

 

Is Trump going to be investing 'billions of pounds' into this country or have you conflated two entirely seperate stories, again?

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

It’s amazing what people will do to get billions of pounds of investment for this country isn’t it?

Meanwhile, how does this square with your belief in Free Speech and the First Amendment Donald?

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/16/media/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-hnk

And I noticed that over 150,000 people were exercising their right to Free Speech in London on Saturday.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

45 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

If it is the will of the people.

[badgerx16]

2 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

If it is the will of the people........

....who are behind the scenes controlling the Government and who will be arranging for the 'correct' election results.

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[JohnnyShearer2.0]

9 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I wonder if people will vote that way when Vance is up.

Looking at Trump's record it doesn't look great at what policies he and the Republicans have put in place already. 

[CB Fry]

I remember when Boris was going to be Prime Minister for a decade.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

7 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

....who are behind the scenes controlling the Government and who will be arranging for the 'correct' election results.

Same as every other time. 

[hypochondriac]

23 hours ago, egg said:

I find these tweet complaints irritating. 

I'm not sure why people can't acknowledge that inciting people to burn down buildings where people are housed is a tad unpleasant. The fact that the incitement is in writing, and in an arena where it can be pushed out to thousands of people, is a hell of a lot worse than inciting one bloke down the pub. 

Batman's point was that you can get arrested and harassed by the police for tweets. It's a fair bit more than simply irritating. People have a right to express themselves however they like online as long as it's not direct incitement or similar. Let's ignore the Lucy connolly case and look at the many lesser examples of police visiting houses because someone has complained about a tweet that has upset them.

[sadoldgit]

Another big name cancelled for using his right to Free Speech in the land that preaches to the rest of the world about the sanctity of Free Speech.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-indefinitely-after-hosts-charlie-kirk-comments

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, sadoldgit said:

Another big name cancelled for using his right to Free Speech in the land that preaches to the rest of the world about the sanctity of Free Speech.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-indefinitely-after-hosts-charlie-kirk-comments

Did he get arrested by 5 armed officers?

[Turkish]

19 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Another big name cancelled for using his right to Free Speech in the land that preaches to the rest of the world about the sanctity of Free Speech.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-indefinitely-after-hosts-charlie-kirk-comments

If they hadn't bent over backwards to accomodate the loony left and uncontrolled mass immigration freedom of speech would not be an issue

[Farmer Saint]

FFS, Kimmel gone. Jon Stewart next. What a surprise that Disney are veering to the right.

[badgerx16]

Following the fascist dictatorship playbook page by page. Silence the ones that won't bend to you.

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[Sir Ralph]

48 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Another big name cancelled for using his right to Free Speech in the land that preaches to the rest of the world about the sanctity of Free Speech.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-indefinitely-after-hosts-charlie-kirk-comments

He shouldnt have been cancelled as that's against free speech. 

What he was though was fundamentally factually incorrect in his statement, which is embarrassing. He said that the shooter was essentially a conservative, which is incorrect and an insensitive thing to say in the context of the Kirk killing. However, being an idiot shouldnt prevent free speech. As I said above, he shouldnt be cancelled but the irony is that this has happened to many conservative commentators and is now happening in the reverse.

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[Sir Ralph]

15 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Following the fascist dictatorship playbook page by page. Silence the ones that won't bend to you.

This is very ironic, in case you hadnt been around for the past 10 years. I'm not agreeing with it mind you. Also, this wasn't a decision made by politicians so you cant accuse Trump of being that in this case.

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[badgerx16]

6 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

This is very ironic, in case you hadnt been around for the past 10 years. I'm not agreeing with it mind you. Also, this wasn't a decision made by politicians so you cant accuse Trump of being that in this case.

It was a decision made in Trump's America, where media oulets are in fear of being denounced by the Administration. How many news stations and newspapers are "FAKE" or " FAILING" ?

[Sir Ralph]

31 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

It was a decision made in Trump's America, where media oulets are in fear of being denounced by the Administration. How many news stations and newspapers are "FAKE" or " FAILING" ?

He is nowhere near a 'facist' - there seems to be a lack of understanding of this word. When conservative commentators were cancelled during Biden's presidency was he a facist? As I said before, I think Kimmel is talking rubbish but shouldnt be cancelled

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[east-stand-nic]

50 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

He is nowhere near a 'facist' - there seems to be a lack of understanding of this word. When conservative commentators were cancelled during Biden's presidency was he a facist? As I said before, I think Kimmel is talking rubbish but shouldnt be cancelled

No no no. You have clearly not read the memo. When the left do it, it is not fascist. When in fact anyone with half an ounce of brain can see it is the left who hate free speech unless you agree with them.