Top Trump official Stephen Miller’s recent declaration that anyone who “preaches hate for America” will face deportation has ignited alarm online, with critics warning the statement disregards First Amendment protections.

Social media users and legal analysts raised immediate concerns, pointing out that expressing dissent or criticism of the government is protected under the First Amendment. Some worried the administration was veering into authoritarian territory.

The backlash has reignited broader debates over the limits of free speech, especially as civil liberties fall under scrutiny. While immigration enforcement remains a core theme of President Donald Trump’s platform, critics are increasingly questioning whether rhetoric like Miller’s is a precursor to more aggressive suppression of dissent.

    • @[email protected]
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      It wasn’t. At all. And you can clearly see armed people aren’t lining up to stop a clearly lawless authoritarian tyrant from holding power over them.

      • @[email protected]
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        This all just got started. People are still hoping something changes before they have to commit murder. By next summer, the attitude will be different.

        • @[email protected]
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          The law was put on place to maintain a standing US military, which was used to crush rebellions. People aren’t attacking the government to put down tyranny. That’s not a function of the US legal system.

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            That is a gross perversion if the 2nd Amendment, and the exact opposite of the intention if the Founding Fathers.

            In a letter of thanks for a copy of the new Constitution, Thomas Jefferson wrote:

            The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

            In the same letter, he also wrote:

            God forbid we should ever be 20. years without such a rebellion.

            In the same letter he also made an extremely prescient statement that seems to predict the rise of MAGA’s adherance to the Conservative Propaganda Machine:

            The people can not be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.

            He was clearly in favor of rebellion, especially since he was instrumental in the rebellion that created America, and they clearly meant the 2nd Amendment to protect us from tyranny by giving us the means to rebel.

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      With a rusty pipe. I preach hate for America, were the baddies. Come get me pussy.

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    If America wants people to stop hating, maybe instead of trying to wipe it’s ass with the first amendment, it should stop cultivating hate with it’s actions.

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      Hate has been actively cultivated online through various psyop campaigns over the years. It may have started offline but it skyrocketed with the growth of the internet to specifically destabilize the US.

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      If America wants people to stop hating

      What makes you think that is on the agenda? Hate is their specialty. A divided people are no threat to the oligarchy. Hate for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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    011 days ago

    After all the stuff Stephen Miller pulled during Trumps first term, I can’t believe no one made sure he couldn’t do it again. Apparently, I’m an idiot for thinking someone would hold him accountable.

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        010 days ago

        Are you an adult? Look it up. We can start with his program to kidnap thousands of brown children and put them in cages without a thought on how to return them to their families, because that wasn’t what that program was designed for. It was designed to be a campaign of terror for anyone asking for shelter in the United States.

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    Laws are only words on paper if no one bothers to enforce it. Even moreso when it comes to constitutions.

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    “Veering into authoritarian territory”?! They set course for that the moment he was sworn in and floored it, have you not been paying attention?!

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      I’m gonna laugh so hard if the polls are correct (Canada has less of an issue here) and Trump causes Pierre Populism to go from a majority to a minority. I’m still voting and I am encouraging everyone I know to as well.

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        They will cook the voting machines

        Then for some reason there won’t be a hand recount

        And the fascists are in charge

        That’s what happened in USA

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      As we all know, a person defines themselves through their actions. So does a country.

      Imho, saying Trump(ism) isn’t America is like people who do evil, but still think they are good people. Admitting you have a problem is the first step in getting better. You need to hate what America has become. Shifting the blame to the current administration just lets people feel good about themselves. They shouldn’t. There is work to do.

      The second step is meeting up with others in your community already working to fix it.

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        Yep. At least 30% of americans supported this maga crap while the majority did nothing to stop him. As a Canadian, I’m not going to distinguish between those who supported trump and those who didn’t care enough to stop him. Both are equally responsible, and both must pay the price. Personally, i’m hoping the price will be so great that the US will split apart. Of course, Canada alone won’t make the US disappear, but the world united against the US absolutely will.

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          As a Canadian, I’m not going to distinguish between those who supported trump and those who didn’t care enough to stop him

          So you’re a racist idiot then?

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            I think you may be confused. Americans tell the international community who represents them as a whole, as most countries do. In this case America picked Trump. They picked him using the method they created. They enforce their pick with the institutions they created. How self-absorbed and entitled do you need to be to call someone bigoted because they don’t have the time / inclanation / patience / stomach to then make their own arbitrary decision on each individual in your shithole country?

            Maybe, if Americans weren’t such feckless, lazy, cowards you wouldn’t be in this situation. But no, the American way is to blameshift, like their Leader does. Like you do here: unless their is 100% internal consensus in your electoral process you expect the rest of us to distinguish between each of you. And those who don’t are bigots. Not your fault, is it… we are just bigots to you.

            Do they still teach critical thinking in America, or is it just Pledges of Allegiance to Dear Leader now?

            Maybe stop posting and go do something about it? One has to have their fat American neck buried pretty deep to not know how to help nowadays. Find people in your area already doing something and go ask them what needs doing. Or, as I expect, post about how it’s not your fault and how you can’t do anything. In 5… 4… 3…

            “Home of the brave.” Ha ha fucking ha.

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          011 days ago

          also haver to point out voter suppression works either through propaganda or straight up legislation,

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        Yes, Trumpism is extremely American, just like Trump embodies so many American virtues and vices.

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    012 days ago

    This is my country. I don’t hate the country but the trash humans who have grifted their way into power. Just like a nasty shit they to will pass into the sewers.