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Top Trump official Stephen Miller's recent declaration that anyone who "preaches hate for America" will face deportation has ignited alarm online, with critics warning the statement disregards First Amendment protections.

Social media users and legal analysts raised immediate concerns, pointing out that expressing dissent or criticism of the government is protected under the First Amendment. Some worried the administration was veering into authoritarian territory.

The backlash has reignited broader debates over the limits of free speech, especially as civil liberties fall under scrutiny. While immigration enforcement remains a core theme of President Donald Trump's platform, critics are increasingly questioning whether rhetoric like Miller's is a precursor to more aggressive suppression of dissent.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 9 hours ago (7 children)

Hello...? ACLU? Journalists? Lawyers?Congresspeople? Senators? It's the 1st Amendment. The very first one! They should be suing this administration and blasting this out every single day. And we all should be calling our representatives every day, marching, and protesting. To start. Our democracy and country is being strangled, and the silence is deafening.

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[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

it's just yo scare you into complacency, you can say anything in a speech

[–] FrChazzz@lemm.ee 4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

My gut wants to say that this is maybe intended to distract us from keeping focus on the embarrassments of the Signal debacle and the tanking economy. But my gut also tells me that we can have multiple awful things piling up on each other.

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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 hours ago

See, this is why I hate America.

[–] thatchemguy@sh.itjust.works 26 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

What a dumpster fire this country is rn so sorry for you Americans 💀🙏

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Not my first rodeo

This is the second autocratic country I've lived in

With my track record, I'll go to EU next and bring the bad luck too 🥲

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

The world would be a better place if Stephen Miller never said or wrote another word. He's more hateful of the Constitution than anyone in the country. He's a white supremacist bigot who is scared of his own shadow, and when cornered by his idiocy in an interview the only thing he knows how to do is fake outrage to dodge.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 30 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

Americans have proved that their “we need guns to stand up to an oppressive government” talk was just that, talk.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 12 hours ago

This shit and people like the president, are why we fucking hate this shithole of a country.

Republicans hate America and half of Americans.

They will self deport then?

[–] fieryhamster@lemmy.world 84 points 19 hours ago (14 children)

Personally, I love this country. I fought for it. I will not bow to fascist twats such as this.

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 37 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I, too, love what the USA should be and can be. This is my home, they are my people. I am staying right here.

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[–] underwater@sh.itjust.works 193 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

In this context, “hate for America” really just means hate for Trump and MAGAs.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 83 points 21 hours ago (17 children)

We really are deep into dear leader territory with the cabinet spending an hour jerking the president off instead of fixing the economy he drove off a cliff.

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[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

Hey, I might be able to become a Canadian refugee. Sweet

[–] colforge@lemmy.world 101 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

Fuck you Mr Miller. Fuck what you and yours are doing to my country. I hate it. I fucking dare you to deport me.

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[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Well they have abandoned the Constitution

Why would they care?

[–] ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Hi, I hate America, please deport me.

Pretty please?

I'm a citizen, but that shouldn't matter anymore...

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Not like they will deport you back to your "country of origin" or some tropical getaway. They will send you to a torture prison to die a slow death. Defend yourself, arm yourself, prepare to die if/when they come, because the alternative is way worse.

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Wish Granted.

You're now in El Salvador

Monkey Paw Curls...

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 37 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

We need to ratchet this up, actually. Not just those who hate America. but those who have publicly declared in the last 12 years that America is anything less than great. Citizen or not, if we have record of you declaring America is not great, I want you gone. Start with the ones who said it loudest and to the biggest crowds.

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[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 70 points 20 hours ago

Yup, America is officially a fascist state. They just admit they are full on Nazis now. Never in my lifetime I thought America will turn into that and here we are. It's fucking wild, like I'm living in some alternate timeline of Wolfenstein The New Colossus. Just wild.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 18 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It is time to open up the bullet box. The conservatives are going to attempt imprisoning or killing any North American who doesn't bend the knee.

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago

This kind of speech that Miller is speaking sounds very unamerican to me, so let’s deport him first.

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