The First Amendment rights are first because tyrants hate them the most

I find this astonishing and a testament to the effect of a worldview hermetically sealed off from reality.  The governor of our largest state talking to the president of the United States about a self-caused disaster (the Santa Ana winds are a regular and predictable annual phenomenon, it is the preparation and response which varies.)  In their discussion, their focus settles on how much Americans' First Amendment rights (speech) are causing problems for those responsible for the bad response to the disaster.  

California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom whines about “misinformation” and “disinformation” during his discussion with Biden on the wildfires:

“We got to deal with this misinformation.” pic.twitter.com/9d4OlMuMAs

— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) January 10, 2025

They don't seem to hear themselves.

Newsom wants to deal with people exercising their First Amendment rights because he disagrees with what they are saying and their opinions or because their interpretation of the facts differ from his.  A self-declared totalitarian authoritarian spoken right out loud.   

Meanwhile, our competitive, property-based, First Amendment fueled, free-market economy, enabled with technology, and Classical Liberal wit, is able to produce this kind of instantaneous speech which gets under the skin of autocrats.

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