cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28249577
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.
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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.
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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.
That goes against the first amendment, which I think makes it anti-american. Can Stephen Miller start by deporting himself?
He will be jailed with the rest when the time comes
It is never not projection.
they’re no longer following the Constitution, in case anyone has noticed …
They always hated what the Constitution actually has in it, like no endorsement of their god, for instance.
of course, but that might be part of the reason they shouted their loyalty to it all the louder
They never were. Unless they added things that helped them or a cohort at a given time. cf: prohibition, its repeal, etc.
Which makes them anti-American.
I don’t think they care about their hypocrisy, tbh - I think they view themselves as more American while dismantling America. This is just how reactionary coups work, they appeal to nationalism, but insist on reverting to an older status quo as a more authentic version of that nationalism. (It’s a re-invisioning of America in a sense.)
They’re dressing for the America they want.
yes, and in some sense it doesn’t really matter if even the founding of America conflicts with their America - they believe their America is more American. This is the reactionary mindset, that the past is best while not even having the education to know what the past was. Instead the ideals are set as an agenda by whatever the reactionary institutions say the past is, and in political movements those ideals and details often change as needed for political gains. Unfortunately this is not just exclusive to reactionaries (the Russian revolution brought about Stalin after all and the French revolution led to Napoleon), but I do tend to think reactionary minds are more quick to accept reality based on authority rather than reason or evidence, and that makes them more politically convenient as followers.
All the more reason to view the reactionaries as not really invested in any particular past or tradition, but instead as being influenced by certain groups and people - those most visible and influential often being more like grifters than theologians or stewards of tradition.
I hate America. Come at me bro.
The Talibangelical issues a Fatwah.
I don’t hate America. America is a continent. It would be really silly to hate an entire continent.
Was not expecting the purposefully obtuse European response in this thread.
Trump once said that this guy, Kapo Stephen “PeeWee Himmler” Miller, told him that he’d like to see America’s population reduced from the current 335 million down to 100 million.
Surely you guys can take out Stephen Miller before he takes out 225 million of you?
He’s essentially daring us to use the 2nd Amendment, which is exactly what they want. Then they can declare Martial Law, and suspend the Mid-term elections.
They cant allow the 2026 Mid-Term to happen. Its shaping up to be a bloodbath for MAGA, and if they lose either chamber, the Dems will control investigative committees with subpoena and arrest power. So they are looking for an excuse to suspend elections for the first time in our history.
So they will be trying to goad us into violence through their words and actions, and eventually they will incite violence at the protests, which will be nearly daily by next summer. They have to time it carefully, and suspend elections close enough to election day that the courts can’t react in time. That means next summer will be really ugly.
This is just the start.
What stops them suspending the mid-term elections anyway?
America has NEVER suspended an election, even during the Civil War. Just declaring them suspended would be far too alarming for even many MAGA Morons. They’ll want an excuse, a justification, to keep as many of their stupidest followers on board for as long as possible.
Thats how it’s done. They didn’t send a bunch of innocent brown people to El Salvador, they sent “violent gang members,” even though at least 80% had no criminal record. They need to keep plausible deniability for as long as possible, to keep things from getting too hot and boiling over.
You overestimate the maga morons. If it triggers the libs they will get on board of suspending the elections.
LOL, PeeWee Himmler. I’m stealing that one… yoink 🤣
Public domain, spread the word.
Disagreeing with the dear leader will also be the same as preaching hate for America
Not clapping enthusiastic enough will also be the same as preaching hate for America
But he’s doing it right now??? Ohh he’s conflating the current administration with America even though all their values are in complete contradiction to everything this country is supposed to stand for. Got it.
All of these MAGAts need to be in jail.
Fuck America, Fuck Trump, Fuck these nazi pricks, and congratz, you’ll never have to deport me, I won’t ever visit your shithole of a country.
Who hates America more by their actions than the GOP?
I love America. I swore to defend it against all enemies. I do not love what it is doing or who the government defines as enemies.
When will you recognize that the government is behaving as if citizens are the enemy and itself is actually doing the same things enemies do…
That’s pretty much what they said.
I love who the government defines as enemies. I don’t love that the government defines them as enemies.
I want to get off Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride…
So let’s say that SCOTUS rules that this policy infringes on the first amendment. Then they deport another person. Who’s to stop doing it?
Who watches the watchmen…
I’m pretty sure Stephen Miller is just undead Goebbels resurrected in a skin suit. Not as smart, but the instincts are intact.
Trump isn’t America, the government isn’t America, fuck them. The people are America.
Unless the people do something about, Trump and the government are exactly America. If no one stops it and just complies, then it is endorsement by default.
Yeah, fuck them too then. I’m not standing for this shit.
Sadly the people with the big guns and the people in control of the internet and power grid and infrastructure and money and banks and social media listen to that guy. What you gonna do about it?
nice try, fbi
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