You want to know what actual free speech looks like in the American context?
Edward Snowden told the truth about what the government was doing to its own citizens.
He is in exile.
Chelsea Manning told the truth about what the military was doing in Iraq, including footage of a helicopter crew killing journalists and laughing.
She was imprisoned.
Julian Assange published documents showing the gap between what Western governments said and what they did.
He spent years in an embassy and then a prison, and the country that lectures the world about press freedom led the effort to destroy him.
Meanwhile the people who lied about weapons of mass destruction and launched a war that killed hundreds of thousands:
They are on the speaking circuit.
They are on television as analysts.
They have libraries named after them.
This is not a paradox. This is the system working correctly.
Free speech, in the empire's operating definition, means you can say anything that doesn't threaten the machine.
The moment the speech has real consequences for real power:
You discover exactly how free it is.
@ShawnEni@DanBilzerian Shut your filthy mouth, genocide lover. The temerity of you calling others assholes when you're supporting child killing on an industrial scale tells me everything I need to know about your rotten soul. Burn in hell, you piece of human garbage.
@BohuslavskaKate If you agree with Tusk's traitorous words, you're the dumbest fu*k walking this Earth.
Unfortunately, he's my prime minister, and I'm forced to suffer the consequences of this EU/US lapdog.
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Fu*k you, Donek.
@TadhgHickey Hang in there, Tadhg! Love your work, move your resilience, love your sense of humour.
I hope one day we will stop the genocide, and bring the responsible to justice.
Best wishes from Poland 🇵🇱🤜🏻🤛🏻🇮🇪