• TheOneCurly@feddit.online
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      22 days ago

      And…that makes it ok for the DoD to use earned benefits to muzzle people? What if, like a lot of Americans even in his income bracket, he was living paycheck to paycheck? That would sure be an incentive to shut up and get in line.

    • Kirp123@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      Well, that’s not the point. He’s being punished for his speech which is protected both by the First Amendment and the clause of speech and debate. Even if the punishment is not really going to affect him financially that doesn’t mean it’s not a punishment.

      Kinda funny how the people that keep going how the US is the only country to have “free speech” are not up in arms about this. Where is Mr. Free Speech Absolutism now?