The irony of the right-wing shouting about 'free speech' while simultaneously demanding censorship of any ideas that challenge their fragile beliefs is truly a masterpiece of hypocrisy.
@godpod They want the freedom for the strong man to dictate what you can and can't say. That's about it.

@skepticsbookoflists @godpod Have you heard of Wilhoit’s law?

”Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

Quod erat demonstrandum.

#conservatism #wilhoit #law

@godpod Exactly. Freedom for a select few
@godpod everything is projection with these guys
@faduda @godpod Not enough people understand that.

@godpod @User47

…and completely on brand. They will NEVER see the disconnect.

@czarbucks No, not MY free speech. Theirs! 🤡 😂
@User47 Precisely. THEY don't deserve it.
@godpod For them, hypocrisy is a flex, not a source of shame. “The rules apply to you, not me.”
@godpod As well as immunity from any consequences of their “speech.”
@godpod “free speech” to republicans is whatever they want to say with no repercussions or fact checking by anyone.
@godpod they have always been the epitomy of hypocracy and lies. But you knew their evils before they were born ... 😂🤣
@godpod I just discovered your podcast and the fact JC is GAY. What a fucking week this has been.

@godpod

To nobody's surprise, these proven liars prove to be enemies of free speech.

@godpod The first amendment protects gay marriage (Freedom of Peaceful Assembly), the second amendment says we should have a Well Regulated Militia, and the fourth amendment protects a woman's right to an abortion (Right to Privacy). And yet not a SINGLE Right Wing Idiot will stand up for these constitutional rights.

@godpod

it is also a masterpiece of "cognitive dissonance"

🤓

@mad @godpod
It's not cognitive dissonance. It's a loyalty test. It's a daily rejection of anything that contradicts the party orthodoxy.

@TCatInReality @godpod

i fully agree.

but overcoming mentally common sense and logic still requires mental efforts and causes mental pain which must be ignored and overplayed.

🤓

@godpod
It’s the epitome of copying notes from somebody without having the understanding of what it all means. It’s a kind of a cargo cult of politics. They see left wingers use some of these expressions. They try to copy those with their own ideas and hope it has the same affect. The sad thing is that the other right wingers don’t know any better either. The can’t tell the difference because they don’t have the intellect or motivation to call out the hypocrisy.
@godpod it's only hypocrisy if you ignore the core belief of conservatives: there must be an in group whom the law protects but does not bind and an out group whom the law binds but not protect. And they're the in group. They want all the freedom & none of the consequences for themselves. That's what being a conservative means. Hypocrisy only applies if the same rules apply to everyone, which they don't accept.
@timgatewood @godpod did you just define ‘Religion’?
@duikmuis @godpod No, but a specific group of denominations do tend to provide support for the conservative pov.
@godpod They're aware. But they don't care, because in their view, those other ideas don't come from real, actual people. Sure the dog has ideas about when it needs to be fed, but of course the owner knows best? (right-wing POV, not mine!)
@godpod "you can't tell me what to do but what I say goes"
@godpod they hate democracy, it’s that simple. Highly-targeted internet marketing and adtech also enables them to selectively contradict themselves to the people most susceptible to “hearing” the message the way that they need. That is then tapped into by mainstream politicians through dog whistles and the standard talking points.
@godpod It's free speech for them and totalitarian control on all areas of life for all the others
@godpod
Translation of radical right “free speech”: We get to be bigots freely without anyone else pointing out that we’re being bigots.
@godpod
It's not hypocrisy. It's a loyalty test
I thought you would know that.

@godpod

It would help if you told them that directly, oh Lord.

@godpod Yup. It's hell's fair of inhuman absurdities.👼