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encomlast Friday at 11:32 PM3 repliesview on HN

From what I can tell, only one country in the world has free speech. Actual free speech. USA.


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bdangubiclast Friday at 11:41 PM

Thanks for this mate, REALLY needed this laugh on this fine end-of-grinding-workweek… Fantastic!!

1970-01-01last Friday at 11:39 PM

Its dying fast. The Late Show was just cancelled because it was a massive thorn to the POTUS.

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krapplast Friday at 11:37 PM

I don't know what your definition of "actual" free speech is but there are certainly limits to free speech even in the US[0].

And those are just explicit limits. Try supporting Palestine on a college campus or mentioning women or gay people in any government funded scientific publication, or finding a book portraying pro-LGBT content in a library or a school curriculum that portrays slavery in a way that "makes white people feel victimized" in the South.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...

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