> American prisons have never been much for the First Amendment, and now, the Trump administration is exporting prison-style censorship to the general population. In tactics that are easily recognizable to incarcerated people like me, they’re doing it in the name of “security.”
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> This includes claiming antiestablishment ideologies and literature must be punished because they pose nebulous risks to those with government-approved political views. It also includes the logical next step: criminalizing efforts to keep authorities from finding out that one holds those ideologies or reads that literature.
From history:
>university students in Nazi clubs led an enthusiastic crowd in the burning of more than 25,000 “un-German” books in a Berlin public square. These planned, torchlit purges occurred in 34 university towns across Germany.
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>In the aftermath of the book burnings, the Nazi regime raided bookstores, libraries, and publishers’ warehouses to confiscate materials it deemed dangerous. The censorship was an early step toward transforming the country from a democracy to a dictatorship.
Huh? I thought your couchfucker VP said Europe is the one punishing free speech? I guess you measure freedom in USD now
NickelBackwash on
America the prison nation.
Lil Donna always admired Kim Jong UN…
Upstairs_Ad5443 on
US is turning into the USSR.
voyagerdoge on
There is hardly any meaningful free speech left in the US. You are only free to lick the US president’s arse.
Melodic-Lingonberry7 on
You going to jail if you criticize our dear leader , YOU MUST PRAISE HIM ALL THE TIMES … take a lesson from Pam Bondi
postconsumerwat on
Trump administration has turned usa into a pedo-nepo-police state, replete with street execution and kidnapping/disappearances. What can one expect from crackpot capitalist addicts subject to intellectual and cultural poverty? After you graduate from luxury cars and super stupid yachts there isn’t really room for ” the best things in life are free.”
dartanum on
Oh look! Now that the tyrants got kicked out of power, they suddenly seem to care about free speech. Have you all considered protecting and respecting the First Amendment *while* you were in power?
ButterMyPancakesPlz on
Other countries need to start putting in sanctions like how they’ve handled Russia. Cut off the profit centers and you’ll see change happen quickly
This is exactly what authoritarians do when they gain power. They start by targeting the most marginalized groups like prisoners and activists, then gradually expand those same oppressive tactics to the broader population. The fact that someone is facing 20 years for moving a box of anarchist zines is absolutely terrifying.
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From the piece:
> American prisons have never been much for the First Amendment, and now, the Trump administration is exporting prison-style censorship to the general population. In tactics that are easily recognizable to incarcerated people like me, they’re doing it in the name of “security.”
>
> This includes claiming antiestablishment ideologies and literature must be punished because they pose nebulous risks to those with government-approved political views. It also includes the logical next step: criminalizing efforts to keep authorities from finding out that one holds those ideologies or reads that literature.
From history:
>university students in Nazi clubs led an enthusiastic crowd in the burning of more than 25,000 “un-German” books in a Berlin public square. These planned, torchlit purges occurred in 34 university towns across Germany.
>
>In the aftermath of the book burnings, the Nazi regime raided bookstores, libraries, and publishers’ warehouses to confiscate materials it deemed dangerous. The censorship was an early step toward transforming the country from a democracy to a dictatorship.
– https://hdec.org/book-burning-and-censorship-in-nazi-germany-presented-by-the-us-holocaust-memorial-museum/
Huh? I thought your couchfucker VP said Europe is the one punishing free speech? I guess you measure freedom in USD now
America the prison nation.
Lil Donna always admired Kim Jong UN…
US is turning into the USSR.
There is hardly any meaningful free speech left in the US. You are only free to lick the US president’s arse.
You going to jail if you criticize our dear leader , YOU MUST PRAISE HIM ALL THE TIMES … take a lesson from Pam Bondi
Trump administration has turned usa into a pedo-nepo-police state, replete with street execution and kidnapping/disappearances. What can one expect from crackpot capitalist addicts subject to intellectual and cultural poverty? After you graduate from luxury cars and super stupid yachts there isn’t really room for ” the best things in life are free.”
Oh look! Now that the tyrants got kicked out of power, they suddenly seem to care about free speech. Have you all considered protecting and respecting the First Amendment *while* you were in power?
Other countries need to start putting in sanctions like how they’ve handled Russia. Cut off the profit centers and you’ll see change happen quickly
Actual link to the actual article:
https://archive.is/cfxR4
This is exactly what authoritarians do when they gain power. They start by targeting the most marginalized groups like prisoners and activists, then gradually expand those same oppressive tactics to the broader population. The fact that someone is facing 20 years for moving a box of anarchist zines is absolutely terrifying.