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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is once again demonstrating she has no clue what the First Amendment entails as journalist Glenn Greenwald schooled her in the left’s blatant censorship over Jan. 6 and labeling everyone who disagrees with them as “racist.”
“Imagine living in the US today, where the #1 source of domestic terrorism is far-right groups(per FBI!), books about slavery are getting banned, parents are criminalized for trans kids, yet asserting the 1st amendment is about protecting bigots from feeling embarrassed in public,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted managing to throw transgenders into the mix in a blatant attempt at virtue signaling.
“Booo corny tomato tomato tomato 🍅 🍅 I’m on team ’embarrassing racists is our first amendment right, not their first amendment violation’ thanks,” she continued.
“So many peoples’ lives are actually endangered for their views, yet these 1st amendment screeds only seem to crop up in defense of the historically powerful claiming minority status. Until it shows up for everyone, it’s merely a service for the powerful, not a challenge of it,” the Democratic Socialist nonsensically asserted.
Imagine living in the US today, where the #1 source of domestic terrorism is far-right groups(per FBI!), books about slavery are getting banned, parents are criminalized for trans kids, yet asserting the 1st amendment is about protecting bigots from feeling embarrassed in public.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 18, 2022
So many peoples’ lives are actually endangered for their views, yet these 1st amendment screeds only seem to crop up in defense of the historically powerful claiming minority status. Until it shows up for everyone, it’s merely a service for the powerful, not a challenge of it.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 18, 2022
Greenwald proceeded to put Ocasio-Cortez’s intelligence quotient in serious doubt. Et tu free speech?
“January 7, 2021: Parler became the US’s most-downloaded app. January 8: @AOC demanded Apple & Google use their monopolistic power to remove Parler from its store. January 9: Google and Apple obeyed. Parler was destroyed. It’s about a little more than ‘feeling embarrassed,'” he tweeted efficiently eviscerating the young leftist.
January 7, 2021: Parler became the US's most-downloaded app.
January 8: @AOC demanded Apple & Google use their monopolistic power to remove Parler from its store.
January 9: Google and Apple obeyed. Parler was destroyed.
It's about a little more than "feeling embarrassed." https://t.co/mIVOIvnIBv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 18, 2022
“In 4 tweets, the story of how @AOC and a few of her Dem colleagues abused their majoritarian power in DC to coerce Silicon Valley monopolies to destroy a highly popular app they disliked. Censorship concerns are about more than ‘hurt feelings’ and mean tweets from random users,” Greenwald stated putting Ocasio-Cortez’s lack of constitutional understanding on full display for all to see.
In 4 tweets, the story of how @AOC and a few of her Dem colleagues abused their majoritarian power in DC to coerce Silicon Valley monopolies to destroy a highly popular app they disliked.
Censorship concerns are about more than “hurt feelings” and mean tweets from random users. pic.twitter.com/9t4lDjgExb
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 18, 2022
“For those invoking 1/6 to justify this state censorship, 2 points: 1) Note how many episodes now justify censorship (Russiagate, 1/6, COVID, war in Ukraine, etc). 2) Far more 1/6 planning was done on YouTube, yet no Dems wanted to destroy it: they used Google to destroy Parler,” he concluded.
For those invoking 1/6 to justify this state censorship, 2 points:
1) Note how many episodes now justify censorship (Russiagate, 1/6, COVID, war in Ukraine, etc).
2) Far more 1/6 planning was done on YouTube, yet no Dems wanted to destroy it: they used Google to destroy Parler. pic.twitter.com/UZOWQTIqkc
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 18, 2022
No one seemed impressed with Ocasio-Cortez’s partisan arguments and her equivocating First Amendment rights for the masses. Twitter reflected the general disdain for the clueless Democrat:
Of course she has to throw in “trans kids” just to show that she is progressive and good, even as she attacks free speech.
— SandieSurely00 (@SSurely00) March 18, 2022
Wish she would stop taking the easy way out: pointing fingers and pitting American against American.
— Daniel D. Hicks (@dandhicks) March 18, 2022
Imagine living in the US, where politicians don’t weaponize executive agencies into attacking groups by labeling them as “terrorists” just because they don’t think the way you do, where kids are not exploited & coerced into being something they aren’t, & respect the Constitution.
— ∴ Dienekes, Constitutional Conservative (@SpartanLineage) March 19, 2022
I guess the Leftist BLM mobs who terrorized cities in summer 2020 aren’t called “domestic terrorists” because to do so would offend them?
I don’t know of any “far-right” groups who are terrorizing anyone. Do you?— Buck Fiden (former Windansea hippie in Ohio) (@WilliamNOtis) March 19, 2022
— Deb (@debmc60) March 18, 2022
Imagine…if you hate living in the US, why not move to a different country and see how much freedom you’d have spreading your thirstyposting claptrap.
— Ⓜ️&Ⓜ️ Lentz (@m_mlentz) March 19, 2022
The First Amendment is not about protecting bigors from feeling embarrassed in public, it’s about protecting speech. Like when you demanded Apple drop Parler. That was an infringement of speech.
— Jackie #FreeAssange #StandWithTulsi (@jackiemccaffrey) March 18, 2022
I heard Taco Bell is looking for a bartender? Need not apply in person 😬🤨
— terri lindemann (@tblinde) March 19, 2022
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