Current Events > It's funny to see conservatives doing a 180 on free speech

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hivebent4life
09/17/25 9:04:59 PM
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They used to whine and claim free speech if one of their own ever got fired or faced any consequences for their abhorrent views. Now that our culture is unfortunately more conservative, they believe it is completely okay for anyone left of center to lose their livelihoods over not bowing to the conservative narrative on Kirk.

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metralo
09/17/25 9:05:29 PM
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Yeah because they never believed in it, they just wanted to call black people the n word without being punished

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Accolon
09/17/25 9:05:43 PM
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And when trans people aren't allowed to own guns, they'll take a hard 180 on the 2nd

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myusernameislame
09/17/25 9:06:30 PM
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They've never believed in anything except their own egos.
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metralo
09/17/25 9:07:06 PM
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Accolon posted...
And when trans people aren't allowed to own guns, they'll take a hard 180 on the 2nd

I mean it won't just stop at trans lol. But yes, they still won't care.

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K181
09/17/25 9:07:09 PM
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The hard right never believed in free speech for others. To them, they have free speech, and everyone else should shut up.

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creativerealms
09/17/25 9:07:13 PM
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It's not really funny. It's predictable. Plenty of people warned that the right were never pro free speech and we were ignored.

I must have told the various video game boards numerous times.

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KajeI
09/17/25 9:07:35 PM
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180 implies that they've changed their stance. But their stance has always been "whatever I think benefits me personally the most in the moment" and anything else has been lip service.

If it weren't for double standards conservatives would have no standards at all.

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metralo
09/17/25 9:08:18 PM
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creativerealms posted...
It's not really funny. It's predictable. Plenty of people warned that the right were never pro free speech and we were ignored.

if only it felt good that being called a doomer hundreds of times, turned out im right. nope, still the doomer shit world im living in

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legendary_zell
09/17/25 9:08:28 PM
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It was nothing but a weapon to them and a way to pull in the gullible by making them think they had a defensible position or actual beliefs at all. That applies both to Cletus and Ezra Klein.

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hivebent4life
09/17/25 9:09:11 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b333e6aa.png

I saw this posted unironically on r/Conservative, which is a comic that used to be posted a lot in left leaning spaces, and right-wingers used to disagree with it. But now that culture is on their side, they suddenly support it.

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Zikten
09/17/25 9:09:42 PM
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Like everything, they only believe in rights for them. Not others.
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hivebent4life
09/17/25 9:10:26 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

A lot of the time, nothing even happened to them at all. They claimed JK Rowling got cancelled, but she's still making billions, has a huge influence over British politics, and her career is still going strong.

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metralo
09/17/25 9:11:46 PM
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hivebent4life posted...
A lot of the time, nothing even happened to them at all. They claimed JK Rowling got cancelled, but she's still making billions, has a huge influence over British politics, and her career is still going strong.

Yeah, being "cancelled" to the right means people acknowledging that you've done shitty things. Thats all.

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creativerealms
09/17/25 10:30:50 PM
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hivebent4life posted...
A lot of the time, nothing even happened to them at all. They claimed JK Rowling got cancelled, but she's still making billions, has a huge influence over British politics, and her career is still going strong.
What's funny is Harry Potter is still a staple at conventions and everywhere. A group who liked her work, no longer does, that's it.

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PballDepot
09/17/25 10:57:16 PM
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Yes when they say the left wants to cancel free speech it means they do.

It's ALWAYS projection.

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Heineken14
09/17/25 11:00:57 PM
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myusernameislame posted...
They've never believed in anything except their own egos.

Yeah. They've always been massive hypocrites. Hell they were always against free speech even before this when they were claiming they were for it.

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Srk700
09/17/25 11:03:45 PM
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Hypocrisy is a core tenet of conservativism. They were never against cancel culture. Theyve always wanted to silence minorities and women while being free to be openly bigoted without having to face any repercussions.

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UnfairRepresent
09/20/25 12:52:24 AM
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metralo posted...
Yeah because they never believed in it, they just wanted to call black people the n word without being punished


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VeggetaX
09/20/25 12:53:24 AM
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People will believe in whatever they want when it fits their narrative

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EPR-radar
09/20/25 12:54:46 AM
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VeggetaX posted...
People will believe in whatever they want when it fits their narrative
100% true for Republicans.

Substantially less so for decent people.

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ai123
09/20/25 2:37:12 AM
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The one and only guiding principle is to obtain and preserve power by constantly attacking your opponent.

The concept of 'free speech' is just one weapon that can be used. When the time comes to put it down and pick up the one labelled 'hate speech', they will do so in a heartbeat.

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kind9
09/20/25 3:20:44 AM
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I feel like they've been doing a 180 on a lot of things they used to pretend to care about, since their cult savior came along. The comedian Cliff Cash summed them up in a nutshell in one of his recent videos: no ethics, no morals, no virtue, no integrity.
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