That "essentially" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Please point me to a specific Executive Order issued during Biden's administration that resulted in "forced speech."

On the other hand, the current administration has issued Executive Orders, memoranda, and other official communications that very explicitly direct government agencies to engage in censorship, with the National Science Foundation going as far as to compile a list of sensitive words, flagging any materials including words such as "woman", "female", "disability", and "LGBT."

[1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/endi...

[2] https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388501/dl?inline

[3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/04/national-s...

This is untrue

This is just as unhelpful than the comment you responded to. Without any context, or links or sources for either side, it's just adding uncertainty and doubt.

I'm an outside observer, and I want to to believe your side, but I can't any more than I can believe the comment you responded to. Regardless, nobody wants the discussion to descend into unsubstantiated "you're lying" ... "no _you're_ lying".

You're correct — but they were in fact responding to someone that also offered no sources.

You can engage in the Gish gallop if you like, but to the original comment: extraordinary claims require....

Fair points, thank you. Fortunately the original comment is flagged, and also someone responded with some sources: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43104223

The system works, go us!