Michael Mitchell: Archive

That's not propaganda. 🙄 Propaganda is essentially the antithesis of the First Amendment. "The people" may create and publish (or not) all the fucking "propaganda" we wish.

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"Despite the common misconception that the First Amendment prohibits anyone from limiting free speech, the text of the amendment prohibits only the federal government, the states, and local governments from doing so."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

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"CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. "

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript

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And it's all based on a very simple fact of reality: FORCE IS WRONG -- for everyone! In other words, ideas, qua ideas, are harmless AND the government, by its nature, is force, which is the antithesis of freedom -- but necessary to protect it, of course.

No one has the right to force others to act on their ideas, nor can any individual really even do that, on a significant scale, nor can any group of individuals do that, without opposition to discourage or deter it, but the government can, quite effectively if it wishes, and "Americans" believe it's wrong, on all levels, because no society -- no group of individuals who wish to coexist -- can otherwise sustain itself if its members hold conflicting ideas AND are permitted to force them on everyone.

The government (of the United States) exists in service to its citizens. We have the right to hold Charlie Kirk's killer responsible for his actions, because he renounced his rights when he pulled that trigger. We don't have the right to hold him accountable for his ideas. That's reality's job.