Scotish man convicted for "offensive speech"

[Dill]

(04-03-2018, 08:45 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Where has Trump silenced speech?  
Where is our state media?
Obama phone tapped uncooperating media and their family.  Trump has done nothing except call out obvious bias.
Where did Trump open up libel laws?
It actually looks like you just took away the fake news headlines and ran with it.    
Europe is filled with idiots.  There is a reason we had to save you all twice now. We can speak up when we see them doing something dumb, because it usually forces us to ride in to save you.
As for the Hitler dog..... it’s dumb but shouldn’t be a crime.

Wow Lucy.  If we want to identify authoritarian traits in Trump, we don't do that be assessing only achieved policy goals.

We do it by assessing intent and behavior.

So the proper question is--when has Trump ever attacked the press as an institution, or sought to silence reporters? When has he ever favored news organizations which present him in a positive light, like the truth-telling Fox News, and disparaged those who do not, like the Lying New York Times?

As for our state media, have you looked into the relation between The Sinclair Broadcast Group and Trump?

What sort of media are telling you Obama wiretapped "uncooperating media and their family"?

Bush, Obama--every former president agrees that a free press is foundational to democracy, even when it criticizes the president. Has Trump ever said that--defended the free press?

How did we "save Europe" exactly. And twice? What are you referring to?