The more power and reach your words have the greater they should be restricted and liable for punishment under the law if they demonstrate a pattern of lying to the public or trying to rile up the public against an individual.

The media is wholly responsible for whipping half the country into an endless hate frenzy against our president. People are attacked in the street and in public stores for wearing a red fucking hat. The media should by and large be held repsonsible for encouraging hatred of an entire group of people.

There are mountains of laws regulating use of firearms. Bring on the penalties for harmful speech, especially if you are apart of a powerful ultrarich corporation or a senator or congressman making false accusations and lies. They should be put under the same standards of scrutiny to the truth has criminal trials ought to be.