Being an American means we can say whatever the fuck we want. Whenever the fuck we want. I feel pity for the euros either they are so brainwashed they think they have free speech lol or they are painfully aware and the dissonance is tearing them up inside. Not good. Something needs to change in Europe.

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nobody 1 year ago
Well you have probably 6 more months to criticize Israel before that’s illegal here or you’ll be sent to Guantanamo or El Salvador.
Freedom of speech is an unalienable right. Free speech is never illegal, anywhere. Unalieanable rights are rights that cannot be taken away, not even by a 100% majority vote. Unalienable rights cannot be legislated away, and they cannot be ruled away by a supreme court. Government institutions cannot add qualifiers to unalienable rights or dilute them. The only thing governments can do with unalienable rights is infringe on them or protect them.
De-platformed, de-banked, no-fly-listed, and civil-asset-forfitured - but at least they can't put us in prison for speach yet!
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FEW_BTC 1 year ago
No nostr influencer wants to touch the anti-free speech 800 lbs gorilla in the room... because they might be labeled aNti-sEmItic. "Free speech" on nostr is all about soft cushions and safe spaces... and ignoring the fact that what's happening in Europe regarding speech is being implemented in the US as I type this. Wake up... hate speech laws are as bogus as Real ID. #hatespeech
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El Guirri 1 year ago
Interesting comment and responses. I'd consider slightly different wording and question the idea of brainwashing in a global environment of rampant gas lighting and propaganda. The word pity is often hubristic with hindsight after the passage of time and the fight for freedom against predatory central authorities appears to be global. Lets work with the idea of team humanity a little. Exchange ideas, respect differences and call out governments rather than peoples. Just my 2 sats
It's not so hard if you're a white guy in my experience. Never gotten anything but positive remarks about my kufiya. The red suspenders otoh have had me accused of being white power, usually by those who forget the Jamaican origins of skinheadry. Fuck the fashion police.
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Janis 1 year ago
The notion that there’s freedom of speech in the country North of the Gulf of Mexico is the most hilarious thing I’ve heard this week