"Trump is not authoritarian in so much as he doesn't want to curtail free speech like the left does."
Except of course that he's explicitly threatened to broaden slander and libel laws to make it easier for him to sue members of the press, which runs directly counter to the first amendment.
Thankfully this is one of the many things he blathered about on the campaign trail that has very little chance of actually happening.
Tomato Can - "Trump is not authoritarian in so much as he doesn't want to curtail free speech like the left does."
Except of course that he's explicitly threatened to broaden slander and libel laws to make it easier for him to sue members of the press, which runs directly counter to the first amendment.
Thankfully this is one of the many things he blathered about on the campaign trail that has very little chance of actually happening.
can't forget closing up the internet & saying "some people will say freedom of speech, freedom of speech... these are foolish people".
"And btw I never hear Stefan talk about being a libertarian or comment on libertarian party issues or anything like that. I'm not so sure he would even classify himself as one these days. "
Oh, come the fuck on.