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Miles Archer

(20,220 posts)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 09:57 AM Yesterday

Bondi vows to "target hate speech," "especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie"

You want to "TARGET HATE SPEECH? START WITH THE GUY WHO OWNS "Truth Social." She essentially wants the power to determine if YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, or a fucking PRISON CELL. FUCK HER.

MAGA leaders torched Attorney General Pam Bondi after she vowed to “target hate speech” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing—something the murdered activist said he did not believe in.

Bondi said her Justice Department would enforce hate speech investigations after the right-wing activist was assassinated.

“There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-melts-down-at-moron-bondi-over-hate-speech-crackdown-threat/
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Bondi vows to "target hate speech," "especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie" (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
Good Endlessmike56 Yesterday #1
There was a story yesterday about Greg Gutfeld on Fox... Miles Archer Yesterday #5
A lot easier now that the source of a lot of hate speech is dead. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #2
Bondi Barbie doesnot have the power to get rid of our First Amendment rights. I. Am. Glad. He is. Dead. Trueblue1968 Yesterday #21
IOW, anyone who disagrees with us The Blue Flower Yesterday #3
3....2....1........ Lovie777 Yesterday #4
Maybe start with the YouTube MAGA dude bro podcast sphere. Initech Yesterday #6
The party of vitriolic hate speech says what? sop Yesterday #7
What she realky means droidamus2 Yesterday #8
I'd like to report a hate speech maker: Donald J. Trump. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #9
How is it that the Attorney General has such a poor understanding of the constitution? Renew Deal Yesterday #10
Is it hate speech to insult the dead? RoeVWade Yesterday #11
So when will it be decreed that we must Conjuay Yesterday #12
There is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment tritsofme Yesterday #13
The nave will minimize this Torchlight Yesterday #14
Her Orwellian version of hate speech. Hate is Love. Love is Hate. Clouds Passing Yesterday #15
So, if one is to believe her DFW Yesterday #16
How do you target hate speech? Melon Yesterday #17
Hate Speech, eh? peggysue2 Yesterday #18
So you're going after speech, but not guns. Aristus Yesterday #19
Hate-speechmonger says what? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #20

Miles Archer

(20,220 posts)
5. There was a story yesterday about Greg Gutfeld on Fox...
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:06 AM
Yesterday

...I didn't post it for a number of reasons. I didn't think it was possible for ANYONE to be MORE LOATHSOME than Jesse Watters, but Gutfeld absolutely holds that distinction.

Short version, and I'm not going to post a link because it's Gutfeld and Fox, but it was an argument on the show "The Five" in which one of the panelists brought up the "both sides" concept and he yelled "WE DON'T CARE."

I think it would be a true stretch of the imagination to say that 100% of all Republicans "had no idea" that, following the assault on Paul Pelosi, Don Jr (among others) posted hammer "jokes" on Twitter.

They know, and they don't care. Trump gave them his benediction with Charlottesville and "fine people on both sides."

So they get to pick and choose who is fine, and who is not. All MAGAts are fine. All "libs" are not. And I was only being MILDLY sarcastic in my O/P when I said that of Bondi wanted "crack down" on hate speech, maybe she should START WITH TRUMP. It's his freaking BRAND, he knows nothing else but hate, sarcasm, trolling, and bullying. Remember the First Nude's first term "campaign" to "stamp out cyberbullying?"

Trueblue1968

(18,742 posts)
21. Bondi Barbie doesnot have the power to get rid of our First Amendment rights. I. Am. Glad. He is. Dead.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 12:06 PM
Yesterday

The Blue Flower

(6,163 posts)
3. IOW, anyone who disagrees with us
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:01 AM
Yesterday

The definition of hate speech is disagreement. Welcome to the USSR of A.

Lovie777

(20,213 posts)
4. 3....2....1........
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:02 AM
Yesterday

we the people know that GQP/RWers/KKK/Nazi/White Supremacist/White Nationalist/So called Christian evangelist will continue their evil hate speeches.

What say you Bondi?

Initech

(106,285 posts)
6. Maybe start with the YouTube MAGA dude bro podcast sphere.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:08 AM
Yesterday

Of which Charlie Kirk's alleged killer was a prominent member of.

droidamus2

(1,714 posts)
8. What she realky means
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:17 AM
Yesterday

Of course we know what she really means is they will go after alert' or even left leaning speech

Renew Deal

(84,483 posts)
10. How is it that the Attorney General has such a poor understanding of the constitution?
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:26 AM
Yesterday

They are going to end up with a lot more cases getting thrown out of court.

RoeVWade

(660 posts)
11. Is it hate speech to insult the dead?
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:28 AM
Yesterday

I can see why people consider it offensive. But they can't get any deader from it.

tritsofme

(19,517 posts)
13. There is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:55 AM
Yesterday

Not like Bondi has ever heard of it.

Torchlight

(5,690 posts)
14. The nave will minimize this
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 11:02 AM
Yesterday

The apathetic will ignore this.

The sealions will trivialize this.

...and then it happens.

DFW

(58,924 posts)
16. So, if one is to believe her
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 11:33 AM
Yesterday

She is going to get up ibn the morning, look in the mirror, and tell whoever stares back, "you're targeted!"

That should be about as effective as dropping a dehumidifier in Lake Erie.

peggysue2

(12,177 posts)
18. Hate Speech, eh?
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 11:40 AM
Yesterday

Bondi better have a lot of mirrors and microphones set up around the White House and Capitol Building.

Just another excuse to curtail free speech and thought.

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