Favouriting this for the next time someone on here tells me we don't have free speech in Europe, only in the US
Who's still claiming the US has free speech?
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Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me
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#32Favouriting this for the next time someone on here tells me we don't have free speech in Europe, only in the US
Why? The police aren't at his door and he's not been arrested it's not a good thing but we are still miles away from Europe.
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#33Favouriting this for the next time someone on here tells me we don't have free speech in Europe, only in the US
Who's still claiming the US has free speech?
People who frame UK as oppressive hellhole, but somehow like former Hungarian leader and know all the talking points of the American conservative right.
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> If our congressmen don't do that it means they approve it. These needs to be repeated everywhere until people understand it. Same situation with tariffs.
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Trump had 2,284,967 more votes than Harris. 77,302,580 people voted for him. That's not a huge majority of people.
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> If our congressmen don't do that it means they approve it. These needs to be repeated everywhere until people understand it. Same situation with tariffs.
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How come this logic does not apply to democratic politicians? Why is it that them winning election by small margin does not imply that everything they do is good and legit for conservative people like you?
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We're at the point of history where your grandchildren will ask you "Where were you when...?"
This and also, "Wait, so you didn't do anything when ... ?" It gives you a new found level of empathy or, at least, understanding for the people throughout history who "should have done something". We all (well, most of us) grew up thinking that if we were a workaday German (fill in the conflict) with Jewish neighbors that we'd have obviously hidden them in our attic or whatever. It turns out the reality of taking th…
It was notable that in Minneapolis enough people were doing this kind of thing that ICE were seriously impaired, and had to resort to escalation and shooting Americans in the street.
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#37Favouriting this for the next time someone on here tells me we don't have free speech in Europe, only in the US
Why? The police aren't at his door and he's not been arrested it's not a good thing but we are still miles away from Europe.
Writing an op-ed can get the police on you here. The first amendment isn't supposed to only apply to citizens.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/...
Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
We're at the point of history where your grandchildren will ask you "Where were you when...?"
This and also, "Wait, so you didn't do anything when ... ?" It gives you a new found level of empathy or, at least, understanding for the people throughout history who "should have done something". We all (well, most of us) grew up thinking that if we were a workaday German (fill in the conflict) with Jewish neighbors that we'd have obviously hidden them in our attic or whatever. It turns out the reality of taking th…
„Wait, you really had access to fresh air and water, and you didn’t party all day to celebrate it while it lasted before all went to shit?“
Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me
#39Favouriting this for the next time someone on here tells me we don't have free speech in Europe, only in the US
Why? The police aren't at his door and he's not been arrested it's not a good thing but we are still miles away from Europe.
Europe where? Europe is a whole continent with 40+ different countries...