"Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right. And that there should be almost no checks and balances on it. I don’t feel that way anymore,” Lummis added.

"I feel like something’s changed culturally. And I think that there needs to be some cognizance that things have changed,” she added. “We just can’t let people call each other those kinds of insane things and then be surprised when politicians get shot and the death threats they are receiving and then trying to get extra money for security.”

Get ready for a strong push to kyc the internet.

Politicians do not care about freedom.

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102 sats \ 2 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 4h

Well, there was that whole libel and slander thing. It helps stops that kind of crap.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 4h

Do you mean that there already are plenty of checks on the First Amendment?

I imagine someone like Lummis might say that such laws are insufficient to deal with calling each other "those kinds of insane things."

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 3h

I mean all the things you shouldn't do with the First Amendment were all ready crimes. They are just a pain to enforce since they usually involve a court case. Even terroristic threatening has become a matter of interpretation where speech is concerned.

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @sudonaka 4h

The ones that appear friendly are the most dangerous.

Some “bitcoiner” Lummis is.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 1h

I mean it’s politics, right? I mean where do we go next?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @035736735e 3h

Wow, Lummis really flipped the script on free speech, huh? I get that things feel heated online, but blaming the First Amendment for bad actors is like blaming a hammer for a bad carpenter. KYC for the internet? That’s a slippery slope to Big Brother territory. Politicians preaching safety over liberty always makes me raise an eyebrow—freedom’s messy, but it’s worth it.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 3h

This is the same thing going on with Europe.

I think the more domestic cultural tension you have, the more temptation there is to crack down on free speech. For understandable reasons.

That's why diversity is a strength, but too much diversity too fast can turn into a weakness.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @CliffBadger 3h

But Europe has left-wing crackdowns. This would be different.