Don’t get me wrong, I’m not affiliated with Maine Republicans in any way. A lot of them are A) Dumb as bricks and B) corrupt swamp creatures and C) other bad things.
The battle flag I have raised locally is against the ideology of Democratic Socialism. This is due to the incompatible nature of “equity”, transgenderism, open borders, and subverting our elections with EVERYTHING that underpins our system of government.
These are all issues with no middle ground, all from the DSA.
This isn’t so much partisan as it is ideological, but it is still quite partisan. All of these massively impactful policies have been driven by the DSA, through Maine Democrats, with some Republicans voting in favor in some situations. It’s a lot more complex than that on a bill-by-bill basis.
At the lowest level of government, our city council and school board are both DSA majority. Our mayor is also DSA.
And once again, it is VERY important to remember that the DSA is not a political party like the Dems or Reps. They are activists who have been massively successful at getting people who call themselves Maine Democrats to advance their agenda.
Yeah I just read a BBC article and it looks like sound and fury in Deutschland at the moment with all of the banning talk. But there still is talk of banning them…
Locking people up for their drawings ist nicht zu gut. Haben sie vergessen alles?
I can say I want to lock up the entire city of Lewiston. I can go shout it all day in the park, and the troubled addicts we allow to occupy our parks shout stuff like that all the time. You can say whatever you want.
US is truly free in that regard. The government won’t impose consequences on me for what I say. If I went and burnt that Koran and disparaged Muslims, there would likely be consequences for me that have nothing to do with the government.
This sounds pretty similar. But in Europe also religious and ethnic groups are protected.
Somebody can say that they hope AfD is banned is alright, (depending on the context of course. But saying publicly that hopes all AfD members murdered is illegal.
Same logic can be applied to muslims for example.
There are instances where hate speech trials have been ridiculous, but people aren’t silenced en masse.
I don’t see it as similar in the least when what I’ve written under my own name in the last 48 hours alone would have me jailed. Every word I’ve written under my own name is something I believe was important to say publicly as a form of personal political speech.
To me, being free vs being jailed is not similar at all.
That’s with regards to personal self-defense, not free speech.
If that man in the wheelchair began inciting a mob to violence against that guy over there, he could be jailed. As he could for calling for a politician to be assasinated.
I edited the post above where German officials explained it is a crime to insult someone in public in the X video linked. At the end of the video it explains there can be “jail time for repeat offenders”. It seems quite clear to me.
That idea is ghastly to me. The subjectivity of it is literally foul to my American conception of free speech.
As far as what I wrote, I publicly declared Democratic Socialism to be my only enemy in Maine in a long essay. Many prominent people in the area were brave enough to agree with my words, despite rising calls for violence against Trump supporters in Maine, along with a huge spike in doxxing.
This is on a platform where no @zecarlo s are allowed to post anonymously, but EVERYONE is allowed to post under their real names. No opinions are censored as long as they are respectfully expressed. Not even strong opinions about open borders, transgenderism, chaos in schools, DEI, or any topic relevant to public policy. People are equally free to say that my words, or anyone’s words, are all wrong or even reprehensible to them.
USA! USA! USA!
For a contrasting example, our Maine Secretary of State is speaking at an anti-Elon Musk rally today in Augusta. She’s allowed to do that and the people in the crowd are even able to suggest I am a racist Nazi.
The same woman, an unelected bureaucrat, unilaterally removed Donald Trump from the Maine Republican primary ballot last year. The same woman recently gave an impassioned speech against the concept of Voter ID, suggesting Mainers want it due to racist motivations.
She ultimately wasn’t allowed to keep Trump off the ballot, but she is allowed to say as many stupid and untrue things that she wants, even if it leads people to believe that I am a Nazi and must be destroyed.
In conclusion, Maine is still governed by Democratic Socialists.
So is the UK, where Herr Starmer seems to be possessed by the ghost of Adolf Hitler. The man in this video was arrested for social media posts that cause anxiety.
Yeah I see what you’re saying there now, and that is also true.
Basically we can say whatever the fuck we want here, as it should be.
Fucking Socialists ruin everything. Germany was awesome in the 1990’s, now they’re heading towards the same cliff we just thankfully made a turn away from. I’m rooting for the AfD.
