YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoDemocrats Unveil Bill to Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family Homes Amid Housing Crisistruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up11.81Karrow-down112
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minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agothey seem to have decided that “free speech” allows them to invalidate any law they don’t care for under the doctrine of “you’re forcing them to agree with the law by obeying it and that’s compelled speech”.
minus-squareFacebones@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·11 months agoThat’s really the entire republican platform in a nutshell. “being forced to obey laws violates my free speech or religious freedom”
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agothat’s half of it. the other half is “being forced to let other people do what they want violates my freedom”
minus-squareFacebones@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoDamn it how could I forget that part
minus-squarekase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoSee: universities claiming religious exemptions to Title IX (so they can expel students explicitly for being pregnant, LGBT+, etc etc)
they seem to have decided that “free speech” allows them to invalidate any law they don’t care for under the doctrine of “you’re forcing them to agree with the law by obeying it and that’s compelled speech”.
That’s really the entire republican platform in a nutshell. “being forced to obey laws violates my free speech or religious freedom”
that’s half of it. the other half is “being forced to let other people do what they want violates my freedom”
Damn it how could I forget that part
See: universities claiming religious exemptions to Title IX (so they can expel students explicitly for being pregnant, LGBT+, etc etc)