Being “for free speech” means
1) not supporting state censorship of any books, newspapers, or stations because we disagree with the viewpoints on them, including blasphemy.
2) supporting the rights of private bookstores, networks, playoffs, & publishers not to carry “lawful but awful” speech.
I would welcome thoughts on
@rokhanna.bsky.social’s argument on free speech from
@mmasnick.bsky.social &
@kenwhite.bsky.social & you all, because I’d like my own speech about this matter to stand up to the toughest scrutiny possible after challenging the apparent flaws in the Congressman position.

Ro Khanna (@rokhanna.bsky.social)
A vision for a new economic patriotism. Let’s invent it, make it, & buy it in America. Pro-worker, pro-union, pro-family.
Text me: (650) 999-9610
Bluesky SocialBeing “for free speech” means supporting Rep Ogles’ right to tweet Islamophobic claims & false smears, while opposing his abuses of power in using his official U.S. government account & office to call on DoJ to denaturalize & deport a citizen for speech Ogles that dislikes.
Right,
@khanna.house.gov?
For the record:
1)
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is not anti-Semitic
2) democratic socialism isn’t Communism. (Go visit Sweden.)
3) Using state power to target citizens because of their speech sure looks like a clear violation of First Amendment rights based on viewpoint discrimination to me!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social)
NYS Assemblymember for District 36. Running for Mayor to freeze the rent, make buses fast + free, and deliver free universal childcare. Democratic Socialist. zohranfornyc.com
Bluesky Social4) Calls to denaturalize & deport your political enemies over their expression is as pure an example of totalitarianism as you’ll see in the USA or world today.
5) Every elected leader should affirm the patriotism and rights of Muslim-Americans given the overt bigotry we are seeing right now.
In a healthy House, Speaker Johnson would support censure of Rep. Ogles & any Member of any party who seeks to strip an American of citizenship because they don’t like what we say.
That’s what I believe “supporting free speech” means, in a free country.
Do you,
@rokhanna.bsky.social ?

Ro Khanna (@rokhanna.bsky.social)
A vision for a new economic patriotism. Let’s invent it, make it, & buy it in America. Pro-worker, pro-union, pro-family.
Text me: (650) 999-9610
Bluesky Social