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Spider Jerusalem

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5. I think you'll find that "most liberals" is a pretty US-specific thing

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Sun May 1, 2022, 09:22 PM

May 2022

other countries have various curbs on speech and free expression (for instance laws against Holocaust denial, or inciting racial hatred, etc). Over a decade of living outside the US made me realise that American conceptions of "free speech" are actively harmful to promoting a civil society.

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Free Speech [View all] Kablooie May 2022 OP

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I think you'll find that "most liberals" is a pretty US-specific thing Spider Jerusalem May 2022 #5

Republican support for free speech is extremely limited. Jim__ May 2022 #6

Disney comes to mind also Skittles May 2022 #9

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