The problem is that you are asking Americans. Nobody on this board views the hypothesis as a comply or go to jail (or fight to the death) option. It’s just not seen as realistic. When things get out of hand the public responds and politicians retreat. We’re already seeing it with Trump. The pendulum swings both ways. Extreme political actions inevitably face a strong backlash and our representatives quake and convert.

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Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.- JD Vance
If you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn’t be pardoned.- JD Vance on the J-6 insurrectionists

I honestly don't believe that the maority of Americans would go to war over free speech. Its interesting that Fareed Zakarah just addressed this very thing on Sunday. Democracy worldwide (according to him at least) is on a downswing. That includes America too.

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Again, I would argue that’s always been the case. I learned a lot of shit I eventually found out was bullshit in school. It’s not a new thing.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Agreed. Blaming schools is weak.

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Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.- JD Vance
If you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn’t be pardoned.- JD Vance on the J-6 insurrectionists

I'm very proud of what I see from MANY young folks. Yeah I question their mental and physical toughness at times but our parents questioned ours and their parents questioned theirs. The future is very bright.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

This is the kind of response I was hoping to get. It's genuine. It's well thought out.

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Maybe it's because I don't have kids. Maybe most of my experience with them is peripheral which is why I get the feeling they're entitled and aren't willing to work hard for what they want. Easy credit. Pushed into university rather than trade schools. Shit like that

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Schools are part of the problem to be sure. Parenting is too. There's no single problem.

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Nas is cheering for the death of a world he has been tricked to despise. When he sees what they replace it with he will see the error of his ways.

There have been MANY who have given the exact same response as I have to your fairy tale question.

Much of the public now believes it though. Some of it get celebrated. That wasn't the case when we were young.

I'd like to think I'd stand up and risk myself. I haven't really given it a whole lot of thought before this.

I also don't see America as bad off as MANY seem to. I don't think there's any real danger of outlawing free speech, nor do I see a sizable portion of mainstream Americans calling for a repeal of any other amendment not named in the original post.

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Does that make it any less sad?
I know more about you know. I understand better what kind of citizen you are. Thanks for your time. This is where we part ways in this thread

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I guess we’d have to define what “part of the problem” means. I think they’re generally dealt a bad hand. They’re expected to deal with kids on each end of the spectrum, often with little help and a stretched budget. Of course there are bad teachers but that’s always been the case. If we have to choose I’d be more likely to blame parenting but that’s another argument. “There’s no single problem” is the understatement of the year so far.

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Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.- JD Vance
If you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn’t be pardoned.- JD Vance on the J-6 insurrectionists

Can I ask you first what "Know more about you know" means?

Sorry. Phone typing. I meant to say I know more about you now.

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Well the important thing here is that we can judge ourselves and others because we all know exactly what we'd do in a completely vague and hypothetical situations.

Exactly. Was this the first time you've been asked a hypothetical?

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By you in a non-mocking manor? Probably

Exactly. Glad I know exactly what answers to vague hypothetical questions are worth.

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Why'd we waste 3 pages disagreeing then. Damn

Well... It's interesting from a social experimentation standpoint. Of course no one really knows how they react to a situation, right, but we're asked to think about our response to a hypothetical situation all the time. We ask our politicians how they'd react to situations in every town hall or debate we see. Cops are expected to prepare for situations that could but probably never will present themselves in the line of duty. Shit like that.

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Shots fired at Trump.

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Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.- JD Vance
If you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn’t be pardoned.- JD Vance on the J-6 insurrectionists

Thanks; now we're all on a list.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Say what you will about America, but his assertion that many Americans have disdain for American values is true.

You know why some wouldnt die for the 1A? Because deep down, they hold contempt for those who are proud of their country’s values.

Everyone will wish they had an AR-15 at that point. We are always just 9 meals away from anarchy anyways.

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250 here. MRE are cheap dude!

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Brick would be one of the first people rounded up as a political prisoner in this scenario.

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