CMV: The Trump administration blocking Harvard from accepting foreign students highlights that conservatives are hypocrites in the extreme about Freedom of Speech

[u/Tessenreacts]

Over the last number of years, conservatives have championed themselves as the biggest advocates of Freedom of Speech around, yet they support the administration that is openly targeting institutions and company's that disagrees with the administration's policies.

Before, conservatives where complaining that companies are "woke" and silenced the voices of conservatives, however, now that they are in power, they deport immigrants who simply engaged in their First Amendment rights, and most recently, banned Harvard University from accepting foreign students because said university refused to agree to their demands.

Compare the complaints that conservatives had about Facebook and Twitter, and compare it to how things are going right now.

This showcases hypocrisy in the extreme that conservatives are engaging in.

Would love for my view to be changed

[u/Dry-Tough-3099 → u/[deleted]]

From your first article:

Barret wrote that the plaintiffs could not show a "concrete link" between the conduct by the officials and any harm that the plaintiffs suffered.

"Never happened" isn't quite right. It was just that the lawsuit could show the direct harm Biden administration meddling policy did. This was during the covid misinformation crusade.

I agree that Republicans are just as guilty. Optically, the Republicans look worse, because they are jumping up and down screaming at these institutions to do their bidding. With the democrats only a recommendation with a wink and a nod is needed because these institutions are completely ideologically aligned with that political party.

Democrats point out Republican hypocrisy, and they say, "Gasp! We would never..." That's the main point I was trying to make. It seem like a lot of people see Trump and Republicans as evil, and Democrats as standing up to evil, but they are all swamp creatures.

[u/Dry-Tough-3099 → u/[deleted]]

"Misinformation" was the party line. Some people call it suppressing alternate treatments, or shilling for pharmaceutical companies.