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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    I’m really sick of these fucking Nazis.

    A line has been crossed, especially if you’ve ever taken the oath of enlistment or office.

    It is time to defend our constitution.

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    To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. -Theodore Roosevelt

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    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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          So we can’t criticize the country we were born and raised in without “wanting to lose all we have”? Sounds like some bootlicking bullshit to me.

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          I don’t, I just want to lose the Republicans. And the purists who would rather have Trump than support Harris. And people who Vape.

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      This nation was birthed in blood and has existed parasitically on the global south for over 250 years. It is a fascist ethno-nationalist state that exists only to consume and destroy.

      The more history I learn, the more I am disgusted and horrified by the place I call home. Trump is exactly what this country deserves. If he brings the whole project crashing down, its no less than we all deserve.

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    Some worried the administration was veering into an authoritarian territory.

    Yeah no fucking shit. It has been happening since he got into office you fucking dipshits.

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      It wasn’t. At all. And you can clearly see armed people aren’t lining up to stop a clearly lawless authoritarian tyrant from holding power over them.

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    If America wants people to stop hating, maybe instead of trying to wipe it’s ass with the first amendment, it should stop cultivating hate with it’s actions.

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      Hate has been actively cultivated online through various psyop campaigns over the years. It may have started offline but it skyrocketed with the growth of the internet to specifically destabilize the US.

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    Why do Americans still talk about the constitution like it means something or is still relevant?

    Your constitution is GONE. It’s a historical artifact. It has no meaning in today’s America.

    All that matters now is the whim of the emotional toddler in the White House. Get used to it. He’s not going until he’s dead.

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      They can’t grasp that they will have to pick up arms to get their country back and they’ll fight you about it too.

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    Come get me asshole! I’ve hated this place since cancers like you were allowed to infect our politics.

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            Is there a point you’re trying to make here? If I don’t like your little troglodyte of a “president” I should leave?

            I’m a patriot. Why would abandon my country?

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              That was a pretty prompt edit as well lol 😅😅

              I don’t like him either. I also didn’t like your troglodyte of a “presidential candidate” as well.

              Perhaps we will have better choices in 2028?

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                  My troll comments and what I actually believe in are two different things. Perhaps I should have used my other account to appeal to your patriotism.

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          You don’t even know what the problems are. But nah, I would rather the citizens be united against the government and not against each other. Born here, raised here, served here. However, may I say fuck Bush Jr?

          You may hate Trump, but I don’t hate my fellow citizens. I actually respect your opinions.

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            I do not need you to respect my opinions.

            I need you to respect our fellow citizens by not making deriding comments for them to leave like you did.

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              Respect is earned. What have you done for the country? Do you hate the country or do you just hate the president?

              Sitting on the couch and hating people that they’ve never met through social media does not get to make demands lol

              You want to take this country for granted just because you hate the president? Go ahead. You want me to respect you through this app because you demand it? Nope.

              I’m not the one calling people names. I told that person to leave voluntarily if they hate the country that much.

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                “Respect is earned” is the most boomer take ever.

                No.

                Respecting others is the default. Respecting others is the bare minimum expected from you.

                Start by acknowledging that.

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        I genuinely can’t imagine how empty your life would have to be to sign up to lemmy and spend your tragically finite time on this earth “”“trolling”“” people.

        Go to twitter, make some like minded freinds, maybe pickup a hobby or something dude.