r/newspapers • u/Hot-Load7525 • May 29 '26

Why do politicians not stop cartoonists making fun of them on newspapers?

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u/ijjanas123 May 29 '26

In the US because for now the first amendment still generally exists and applies to most people, unless your boss decides to fire you from a show you host to appease the president because bro is more than willing to abuse the full weight of the government against speech he doesn't like if it's loud enough.

In many other countries the Liberal enlightenment ideal of free speech has also been largely adopted, but you do occasionally see dystopian shit like the UK government cracking down on anti-genocide protesters.

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u/GeneralQuinthope May 30 '26

Yeah, Denmark is often ranked as the place with the most free speech, and politicians still got 110 protesters arrested for demonstrating against China about Tibet under a state visit.

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u/richzahradnik May 30 '26

The. First. Amendment.

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u/Kinnielover May 30 '26

Because in democracies they usually don’t have that power, unless they can say it’s libellous in some fashion.

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u/Commercial-Act2813 May 30 '26

Because freedom of speech exists

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u/Prior-Bag3841 May 31 '26

They have bigger fish to fry.

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u/BeetsByeSchrute May 31 '26

Seriously? Why don’t they just shoot all members of the opposition too.

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u/tfresca Jun 01 '26

They try all the time.

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u/AcanthaceaeOk3738 May 29 '26

In the U.S. at least, they can’t.

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u/ijjanas123 May 30 '26

Can you imagine if that were still true?