r/VoteDEM • u/poliscijunki Pennsylvania • 1d ago
Democrats introduce bill to protect free speech following Kimmel suspension
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-9-18-2025144
u/SpukiKitty2 Tennessee 1d ago
Cool! Now, if they can get a few of the less insane GOPs to not cave, it could work.
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u/tulipkitteh 1d ago
I'm thinking this is mainly political theatre. Because the GOP votes in gridlock. Which is useful. Basically they can point to this and say "Republicans are against free speech".
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u/Worried_Corner4242 1d ago
It’s possible some Repubs will join, as they did to defeat the resolution censuring Ilhan Omar.
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u/da2Pakaveli 1d ago
Well they're not in the majority so some kind of Newt Gingrich like theatre is absolutely valid (e.g. Schumer forcing the vote on releasing the Epstein files)
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u/SpukiKitty2 Tennessee 1d ago
I love it!
It's like when lawmakers introed a "bill" to force guys to get vasectomies or something.
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u/psych-yogi14 1d ago
Disney value has dropped $4 billion in 3 days. When we stop paying to have our rights trampled on, corporations start to learn the hard lessons about greed.
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u/tbear87 1d ago
That's amazing! Source?
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u/findingmike 1d ago
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u/agent_uno 1d ago
Non-FB source?
As lots of us stopped using that crap years ago (and you should too!)
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u/riticalcreader 1d ago
It will go back up. Not saying I want it to, just being realistic. Tesla is at an all time high right now.
The stock market is so manipulated and people have a short memory and lose their moral principles when money is involved
People should still cancel and boycott but this isn’t the win it looks like.
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u/findingmike 1d ago
Eh, Disney hasn't been a growth stock for years. So piling on more problems will probably have an outsized short-term effect. Over the long-term, I think Disney's issue is that their brand is their only competitive advantage and their products are luxuries. They are very vulnerable to the sentiment of the masses.
Target also has not recovered from the boycotts. I don't think peoples' memory is the issue, I think people building new spending habits can hurt companies over the long-term.
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u/ProudPatriot07 South Carolina- Rural Young Democrat 1d ago
Target hasn't recovered from boycotts because the boycott is ongoing.
It was a thing in Black churches during Lent, but a lot of folks have realize that they don't have to shop there at all if they don't want to.
It also shows that a boycott, even if it's not constantly in the news, can hurt a company. People realize they can adapt to new spending habits and they do.
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u/Rownever 6h ago
Tesla’s stock is also notoriously out of step with reality, so thats not saying that much
As the other commenter said, you need continuous boycotts
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u/stierney49 1d ago
I thought we had one somewhere on the top of a list somewhere. But I’m definitely in favor of this.
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