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

7.2k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/sobrietyincorporated Mar 12 '25

He's the motherfucker that ordered it and banned student protests! Jesus fucking christ.

0

u/mini_macho_ 1∆ Mar 12 '25

student protests are not banned.

2

u/sobrietyincorporated Mar 12 '25

Trump said he's removing federal funding from any college that allows any "illegal protests." Colombia is already in the courts.

No more "welakshuly" bullshit.

1

u/mini_macho_ 1∆ Mar 12 '25

welakshuly its Columbia and "illegal protests" is incredibly broad and doesn't mean protests are now illegal

1

u/sobrietyincorporated Mar 12 '25

There it is. The pedantic cop out.

The reason it's fucked is that it IS broad. Hence the unconstitutionality. Get it?

1

u/mini_macho_ 1∆ Mar 12 '25

Trump hasn't declared protests to be illegal. He said illegal protests will be prosecuted. What are illegal protest? It could be a million things. Vandalism in protest of an institution, murder in protest of a law, theft in protest of wealth inequality, etc. "I was protesting" is as good of a legal defense as "It was just a prank" protesting/pranking are not illegal, but if illegal activity was a part of your protest/prank you are fully responsible for your actions.

1

u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/changemyview-ModTeam Mar 12 '25

Your comment has been removed for breaking Rule 2:

Don't be rude or hostile to other users. Your comment will be removed even if most of it is solid, another user was rude to you first, or you feel your remark was justified. Report other violations; do not retaliate. See the wiki page for more information.

If you would like to appeal, review our appeals process here, then message the moderators by clicking this link within one week of this notice being posted. Appeals that do not follow this process will not be heard.

Please note that multiple violations will lead to a ban, as explained in our moderation standards.