S05E08 – The White Supremacist Take Over of the US Government Immigration’s Influence on Free Speech

We tackle two topics in this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds. First, the NYTimes recently published an article examining some of the social media posts of the Trump Administration. In the article, they detail that the posts use tropes and themes that are closely linked to white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. All three of us see the links, but have varying levels of skepticism as to what is happening. The second topic is related to some legislation in Canada that would make it illegal to use religion as a defense to justify hate speech. Tom raises this point to argue that mass immigration seems to result in greater restrictions on free speech. Our discussion on this point is far-ranging, and, unfortunately, it isn’t very clear whether we ultimately agree with Tom. Also, Ryan pokes at Josh’s friends just so they complain to Josh!