• greyfrog@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    They literally murdered their own citizens in broad daylight and it was filmed.

    But yes, in theory they can say what they want. See how it’s often used to belittle minorities and gay people.

    Brilliant system. Couldn’t fault it.

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      1 day ago

      Brilliant system. Couldn’t fault it.

      If you read my original comment, you’ll notice that I said the US is far from perfect and I’m not a big fan. That said, it’s an incredibly unnuanced take to think that literally everything the US does is evil. They do at least some things right, even if you want to argue that, on balance, they suck. And one of the things that they do do right is their protections of free speech. This prevents a situation where you can arrest people for protesting in support of Palestine, as currently happens in the UK and Australia.