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1 week agoThe Guardian view on Donald Trump's hate for opponents: practising politics the wrong way | Editorial
Mr Trump does not seek to criminalise hate speech so much as to criminalise speech he hates. The US is being dragged into a state of emergency. Speech is framed as terrorism. Satire is rebranded as enemy propaganda. Employers punish workers for personal posts. The predictable result is a chilling climate of surveillance and reprisal, in which citizens learn to keep quiet.
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