Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Did *Certain* Politicians Commit Sedition?" video.

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And make no mistake, this also applies to threats made by antifa groups and sympathizers, BLM people, and whatnot - an indirect threat of violence or accusation is still that, no matter from which side it comes from. I also don't get how a network like Fox News can continue operating the way it does. The severe ammount of accusations, lies and patently false stuff it puts out on a regular basis... how can it even keep operating? Are there no regulations or laws regarding content that is labeled news? I'm not an american so I don't really know how it came to this, but if there are no ethics in journalism anymore, not even in mainstream media vehicles, it's no wonder the chaos in information became so well estabilished in the US. When you go out in public spaces, in front of crowds, in a position of leadership, and starts outright saying lies and giving recommendations on how his or her follower should act, I don't care who the f*ck you are, you should take full responsibility for it. I can understand penalties and whatnot being flexible according to situation and seriousness of it, but it does not make sense to me to allow people to do that sort of stuff because it's "protected speech". Also, let me tell people something that they might not like. You live in society. Rules comes with it, whether you like it or not. I dunno how the concept of freedom got mistaken with exemption of responsibility overtime, but this freedom that we hear so much about always came from a pespective of freedom from tyranny, freedom from colonists, freedom from imposed rules of opressors... not freedom to do whatever the heck you want without consequences. And you know, I'm in no position to criticize the US given that our politics are also horrible and our president is a ignorant prick trying to copy Trump, feeding off the same shitty sources of informations that he does, but it seems in law, constitution interpretation, and defense of supposed cornerstones of a democratic society, the US is also a bit out of balance, like capitalism also is there. I tend to think that one of the reasons why things have got to that point, is because while Proud Boys, QAnon, and all those far right, neo nazi, conspiracy theory groups have a clear intention and message all the time, the opposition spends too long thinking whether this is fine or not, whether further action should be taken or not, whether this is protected by the first ammendment or not. I'm not saying these groups should be rounded up and killed, or anything as radical as that... something that they would preach for their opposition. But it's pretty obvious that the protections you have now are not enough, they are not gonna stop these people, and that actions being taken are just not appropriate. What is happening in the US now is potentially even worse for democracy. Private corporations are either allowing themselves or being pressured by public opinion and perhaps even politicians to act like judge, jury and executioners, on behest of a system or institution that is not strong enough to do that by themselves. What happens if these groups increase in numbers, organize further, create their own networks that do not depend on Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, or whatever, find their own way of funding their operations, and the government keeps doing nothing about it because they are so intent on protecting the first ammendment or something? I just don't like it. I mean, I love that Biden won, and I love that he's reversing a whole ton of damage Trump did, but the problem is the margins. The margins of this election and the one that put Trump on power. I keep hearing that the majority of americans are not like these Trump supporters, but clearly there's a split that's almost 50-50. And yes, freedom of speech and freedom of press are important cornerstones of democracies, but it's seriously dangerous to let those rights be used and abused just because of some abstract sense of entitlement. Those things were created still, thinking about society as a whole, not selfish immature individuals trying to replace democracy with anarchy. It's ridiculous to see actions being taken to destroy democracy and promote what would become either anarchy or dictatorship, just because there's this overbearing sense that democratic cornerstones should be protected at all costs in all levels. Something as ridiculous as I dunno... an enemy taking the general's sword and using it to kill allies and allies arguing they should be allowed to because it's the general's sword after all. There's seems to be a fundamental misinterpretation of what the thing was about in the first place. Alas, you are free to disagree of course... and I think many would. It's actually not from today that I have this disagreement with US law. And I'm not saying the laws in my country are better or more just, or any crap like that... if anything, law in my own country were made to protect white collar criminals and corrupt politicians.
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