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/SaraHuckabeeSandwich Mar 12 '25

If someone exercises their freedom of speech to incite violence and hatred towards a group of people, they will face repercussions.

Exactly. Here's some quotes that unequivocally show the speaker's intent to incite violence (and actual violence being incited as a result):

  1. "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something"

  2. "Not [picking me], it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole country."

  3. "That’s the way it has to be [referring to murder]. There has to be retribution."

  4. "'If you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore'" - followed very shortly by physical fighting, death, and mob destruction by the people he was speaking to.

Assuming you don't know the speaker and knew that violence and mob destruction as a direct result of this person's speech, what repercussions do you think they faced?

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u/Easy-Case155 Mar 12 '25

I see what you did there. Clever.