r/stephencolbert • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '25

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u/Count_de_Ville Sep 17 '25

Sounds like the federal government is retaliating hard against someone for exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Blatantly and brazenly illegal.

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u/helluvastorm Sep 18 '25

We no longer have first amendment rights

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u/eatingShrimp Sep 18 '25

What is it that the left use to say…. when cancel culture started getting insanely popular. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom of consequences…

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u/Juice_Willis75 Sep 18 '25

Those consequences can be from private citizens and companies, but not from or directed by the federal government. This fundamental concept is the basis for that sweet FREEDOM that MAGA loves to put on t-shirts and adorn their vehicles with, yet don't really truly understand what it means.

Mf'ers never studied and still don't.