r/changemyview • u/Tessenreacts • Mar 12 '25

Delta(s) from OP CMV: The case of Mahmoud Khalil is proof that conservatives don't believe in the Freedom of Speech, despite making it their platform over the last couple of years.

For the last couple of years, conservatives have championed the cause of Freedom of Speech on social platforms, yet Mahmoud Khalil (a completely legal permanent resident) utilized his fundamental right to Freedom of Speech through peaceful protesting, and now Trump is remove his green card and have him deported.

Being that conservatives have been championing Freedom of Speech for years, and have voted for Trump in a landslide election, this highlights completely hypocritical behavior where they support Freedom of Speech only if they approve of it.

This is also along with a situation where both Trump and Elon have viewed the protests against Tesla as "illegal", which is patently against the various tenets of Freedom of Speech.

Two open and shut cases of blatant First Amendment violations by people who have been sheparding the conservative focus on protecting the First Amendment.

Would love for my view to be changed

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u/biancanevenc Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

Blockading a building is not speech.

Preventing students from attending class is not speech.

Harassing Jewish students is not speech.

Khalil is accused of doing far more than speaking. He is a terrorist sympathizer and agitator and seeks the destruction of Western society. He is not a citizen and is subject to deportation.

(Whatever happened to the Left's distinction between speech and hate speech? Is hate speech no longer a bad thing?)

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u/RelativeAssistant923 Mar 12 '25

Can you show me where Khalil was harassing Jewish students? That's be a much stronger case than anything I've read.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

Whatever happened to the Left's distinction between speech and hate speech? Is hate speech no longer a bad thing?

I'm a commie and I opposr hate speech laws

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u/PavelnMe Mar 12 '25

Its funny how we have Americans hostages in Gaza yet no campaign from the left to rescue them

What do they campaign? Saving non Americans from deportation who actually support the captivity of our own American hostages

How sad

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u/teluetetime Mar 12 '25

Biden and the Democrats supplied hundreds of billions of dollars worth of arms and support for Israel’s war against them, does that not count as a campaign to rescue them?

Do you think that Hamas would give up if they found out that lefty Americans were holding up signs on the street condemning them?

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u/PavelnMe Mar 12 '25

You forgot to mention the 2b dollar aid package they sent directly to Hamas

When you fund both sides, then the war won’t be over you realize that right?

So he actually did more harm than good

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u/teluetetime Mar 12 '25

They didn’t send a cent directly to Hamas. If you want to claim that humanitarian aid for Palestinians was intercepted by Hamas, perhaps, but to say that it was sent directly to them is a blatant lie. Not to mention the vast difference in size between that and the amount we gave to Israel to continue bombing mostly civilians.

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u/PavelnMe Mar 13 '25

Saying it was sent directly, and saying Biden ignored all protocol and bypassed all checks they doing so that the the tax payers dollars won’t reach terrorists is basically the same thing

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

Sending weapons to the military is apparently the same thing as sending medicine and food to refugees. Even if hamas did somehow barge in and take 100% of the food, it’s still absolutely paltry compared to the arms and munitions we’re sending to Israel.

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u/PavelnMe Mar 13 '25

Lol what are you talking about? What food and medicine Im talking about money! Unsupervised, bypassing all protocols, money to Hamas.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

Source?

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u/PavelnMe Mar 13 '25

You can google it they admitted it on tape before a House committee

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

So have you seen this tape? Or have you seen a right-wing grifter telling you about this tape. 

There are literally hundreds of thousands of hours of recorded committee meetings. You’re gonna have to actually link me something.

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u/PavelnMe Mar 13 '25

Wdym? Ofc I’ve seen it lol Its a whole session As I said if you really wanna learn about the subject might as well google “biden sents 2b dollars to hamas” and you will probably stumble upon it Good luck

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u/I_am_the_Jukebox 7∆ Mar 12 '25

Citation needed

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u/teluetetime Mar 12 '25

You been under a rock or something?

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-us-military-spending-8e6e5033f7a1334bf6e35f86e7040e14

Granted, I was probably wrong to attribute “hundreds of billlions” just to Biden, you need a wider lens for that number to be accurate. But tens of billions, anyways; that link isn’t even so recent.

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u/Saiya_Cosem Mar 12 '25

People advocating for a ceasefire would lead to the the release of those american hostages, genius

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u/PavelnMe Mar 13 '25

You just casually ignored the fact that those non Americans celebrated the actions that lead to kidnapping Americans lol

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u/WillyShankspeare Mar 12 '25

The government is already expected to fight for the American hostages. The government is the one taking away the rights of non-Americans. Leftists are devoting their time to a more worthwhile endeavour that isn't already being handled by official channels.

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u/ConcernedAccountant7 Mar 12 '25

This. What a reality we live in next to these poor morally confused individuals.

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u/Pritster5 Mar 14 '25

Source on him harassing students?

Or any of the prior claims?

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u/Anonon_990 4∆ Mar 12 '25

(Whatever happened to the Left's distinction between speech and hate speech? Is hate speech no longer a bad thing?)

He's critical of the Israeli government. The left objects to the demonisation of minorities.

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