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Episode 8: Ultra Vires

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

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Freedom of Speech Is a Right of Freedom of Expression

John Roggi saw an entrenched ultra-right movement in this country opposed to democracy. He saw alongside that a criminal justice system that was simply unable to deal with that threat. What do you do as a country when you're faced with that? When you're up against those kinds of forces, trying to tear apart the very thing that makes you the country you are? And what are the consequences for the country if you don't push back enough? That's ahead in the conclusion of Ultra.

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These people may say what they
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please give me the same right of freedom of speech. You will break the law at a good cause. No, I'm
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not breaking any law. I'm not breaking any law. Democracy says that the people in the fascist side are entitled to a full measure of freedom of speech. I say that democracy should give the same measure of freedom of speech to those who are supporting democracy.
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We had reached the point where our legal remedies were
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inadequate.
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What John Roggi saw, what he had been up close to in his prosecutions, was an entrenched ultra-right movement in this country opposed to democracy, which saw violence as a legitimate means of achieving political aims, one that had support not only among some parts of the far-right media, but also among elected political leaders on the right. He saw alongside that a criminal justice system that was simply unable to deal with that threat. What do you do as a country when you're faced with that? When you're up against those kinds of forces, trying to tear apart the very thing that makes you the country you are. How do you push back against it? And what are the consequences for the country if you don't push back enough? That's ahead in the conclusion of Ultra.
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Have you listened to Talk Radio recently? Let's talk about this war on white
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people.

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