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freedom of speech. that s the most basic of all of the freedoms. that s why it s enshrined in the first amendment to the bill of rights. it s central not only to freedom but to humanity. we can speak. that s our power. in the beginning was the word declares john in the opening of the fourth gospel. the word is the most important thing we have. take away our ability to choose our own words and we are no longer human. we are subject and chattel. authoritiarians understand this. they mate freedom of speech. they would let you have a machine gone before they allow you to say what you want. with a gun you can kill people but with words you can expose them. with words you can change the world. there has never been a deep change that not begin with words. not with violence but with words. that s why they are so focussed on what you can say. on the words you can use. they understand the power of words. elon musk understands this too. that s why he is trying to buy twitter. not beca
the freedom that matters is the freedom to speak your mind, the freedom of speech. that s the most basic and essential of all the freedoms. and that s why it s enshrined in the very first amendment to the bill of rights. it s central not simply to freedom, but to humanity. it s not opposable thumbs that separate us from the animalsk. that s our power. words in the beginning was the word, declares john . at the opening of the fourth gospel, the word the word is the most important thing that we have. take away our ability to choose our own words, and we are no longer fully human. we are subjects. we re chattel. authoritarians understand this. above all, that s why they hate freedom of speech. in fact, if you gave them a choice, they d let you have a fully automatic 50 caliber machine gun before they allowed you to say exactly what you want with a gun, you might be able to kill people, but with words you can expose them . with words you can change the world. in fact, there has n
lost its mojo, that they ve blown a historic midterm opportunity, that all because their primary winners were just terrible. you do have republican nominating, shall we say, flawed candidates. herschel walker in georgia, j.d. vance in in in ohio, dr. oz in in pennsylvania. what looked like a wipeout for democrats in the fall is maybe not going to be so bad because of the candidates. republicans are nominating. walker can lose ause, can lose, johnson can lose their bad candidates so smug and so wrong. liberal super pacs even helped boost the so-called election, denying republicans the primaries with the thought that they d be easier to defeat in the general elections. well, even our own senate minority leader joined the pig pile against his own party, trying to tamp down his party s expectations by blaming the populace. the maga folks. there s probably a greater likelihood the house flips than some senate races are just different or statewide. candidate quality has
he did call, though. he was breaking up on the phone and all i got out of it was gasoline and kilmeade s house. so kilmeade, watch your six. no, wait, it s greg, watch your three. all night gutfeld. anyway christmas has come and gone and boy have we been given some duesies of gifts. when i got them gives from the big and tall shop. they had it coming. when i was a kid and got a gift i didn t like you just accepted it. like when your mom said so you wore it when she said so. nothing like an unwrapped toy to make you say your first curse words under your breath. i don t know why they didn t wrap them no one elsewhere s a quadruple size pair of socks but me. and then mom would say, i know you didn t ask for it but santa knew you needed it. thanks a lot santa. the following year when i put him in that head lock. but i was the bad kid? what did i know? i was five. and it s weird, so he spies on me all year, then he breaks into my house, and it s okay because he brought socks? d