Senator Bill Hagerty Believes Compelled Speech Is 'Liberty'; And Anyone Upset With Moderation Choices Should Be Able To Sue

Senator Bill Hagerty Believes Compelled Speech Is 'Liberty'; And Anyone Upset With Moderation Choices Should Be Able To Sue

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210427/11281046690/senator-bill-hagerty-believes-compelled-speech-is-liberty-anyone-upset-with-moderation-choices-should-be-able-to-sue.shtml

Senator Bill Hagerty was just elected out of Tennessee to take over Lamar Alexander's old seat, and he's kicking off his tenure with a bang... of not just unconstitutional madness, but anti-Constitutional madness. And this from a guy who presents himself as a Constitutional originalist. But, of course, when it comes to nurturing culture wars, today's GOP apparently believes that they can throw the Constitution out the window... as long as they (1) claim their owning the libs, and (2) pretend that they're tearing up the Constitution to save the Constitution.

In this case, Hagerty has put out a piece in the Wall Street Journal -- which will publish any anti-Section 230 screed no matter how factually challenged -- to talk about a new bill he's preparing that would force social media sites to host any and all speech by getting rid of Section 230 and making websites common carriers. Yes, Senator Hagerty is calling for compelled speech, and even more obnoxiously, he's doing it by claiming it is about "protecting liberty." The article is ridiculously entitled: Goodbye Section 230, Hello Liberty, though a more accurate title would be "Clueless Senator Wants To Take Away Internet Freedom."