AM: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demonstrated the old adage “actions speak louder than words” at a recent town hall when a constituent questioned the socialist’s “fascist” perspective on free speech.
Video of the sparsely attended event in Queens featured a small crowd and a line of speakers waiting to address Ocasio-Cortez, who stood on an elevated stage behind a fancy podium.
One of the speakers introduced himself as James Scott Berry and described himself as a registered Republican with the life mantra “always be willing to be wrong.”
Berry posed two different questions: Whether AOC would be willing to investigation the “over 3 million incidents of violent acts and threats of violence allowed in our schools against teachers and against fellow students ever year,” and whether she’s agreed that the greatest freedom in the world is the “freedom to hate, because in many countries you cannot.”
“In America, you can hate Donald Trump, and because it is not against the law he cannot put you in prison,” Berry said. “Isn’t that a great thing?”
AOC ignored the first question.
“I think that at the bedrock of what you are discussing is freedom of speech and the freedom of expression,” the congresswoman said. “I think that we have a freedom to express ourselves, but we should also know that in the United States there are also limitations on our freedom of speech.”
“No, only if it involves violence or threats, things that are illegal,” Berry clarified.
“Exactly,” AOC said.
“But that’s not free speech, threats are not free speech,” Berry continued. “I don’t think you should say that because that’s confusing the issue.”
That’s when Berry’s microphone went out.
AOC’s take, “Free speech for me, but not for thee.”
…it’s hard to prove his point any better than Cortez HERSELF did…
…problem is, most Democrats APPROVE if fascism as long as THEIR side’s the one DOING it, so this won’t hurt her at ALL with HER base, might even HELP her…
I think that what this guy did was cruel, and his microphone should have been turned off. Verbally torturing the mentally retarded is just not right.
AOC “What I speak is all that counts ’cause I be da BOSS!!!!”.
The first amendment is so imp
Wyatt, verbal torture of millions of American Liberals/Progressives/Democrats is what Trump does best.
Socialists are viscous totalitarians. Look how she and Bernie are siding with the dictator instead of the people of Venezuela.
This is the country for AOC….San Marcos….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYfmRwryQo
She’s not a benign little airhead.
Was that her soy-boy BF putting the arm on the guy or just a garden variety neck beard?
I think the guy hurt his argument with his support for the “freedom to hate” remark. That’s a poor choice of words.
She’s delusional. Its from all those years as a bartender winning arguments with drunks.
It’s not freedom of speech when you have to contribute to her campaign coffers.
The American dwmocrats are following the Nazi playbook to a tee. It started with the ‘enabling act’ of obamacare.
Now they have their brownshirts, antifa.
Look, the left always projects on opponents what they themselves are guilty of – so they and their useful idiots call us nazis.
With the ny times outted as an instrumentality of international Jew-hatred, the cat is out of the bag for anyone not allied with the left.
The Jews owning the ny times are Jewish by birth, but have renounced their affiliation and have become self hating. While that would still get them killed in nazi, germany, it’s ok for their swamp/leftist/islamic allies. For now, at least.
“Freedom to hate” is the Democrat achilles. They hate Trump, Republicans and the Right. But they want ‘hate’ stamped out. Except their own.
I hate that.
If she gets reelected what will that be saying about the American people?
It won’t say anything about the American people, but it will say plenty about her individual district.
James Scott Berry, you have just attended your last constituent meeting with Cortez. At least you won’t have to worry about losing your mic again. You won’t even get in the door next time. The bartender will not be embarrassed. In fact, I would not be surprised if her minions came around to your house to warn you about your overly free speech.
The bartender brought her bouncers with her to congress.
This is war. Dont fool yourselves.
Hate can be creative. It’s what allows free people to fight and kill oppressors and tyrants.
I bet lots of Venezuelans hate Maduro. Who can blame them?
Win an argument with a drunk? An ice cube could destroy this bint.
DEPLORABLE
“Free speech for me, but not for thee.” For the press and the left this has been the rule for over 70 years!
We had a CONSERVATIVE President 38 years ago, for 8 years,. He was conservative and when the press tried to silence him at a conference he said go to Hell! Actually Ronny said, “I paid for this mic!”! Ronny would not back down.
UTube used to have several versions of Rnny’s confrontation with the press. Have not checked in a few years.
But thePress has been anti freedom for over 70 years. Freedom for Americans, America haters are OK!