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robkyesterday at 11:12 PM4 repliesview on HN

I live in a civilized European country and gravely miss the freedom of speech I had in the USA that I don't here. I'm terrified one tweet will get me jailed for 30 months.


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maximinus_thraxtoday at 2:07 AM

Yeah, we have so much free speech lately, it's starting to overflow into the negative https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-department-homeland-s...

roughlytoday at 12:09 AM

I mean it sounds like you live in the UK, which seems to be doing everything it can to depart civilized Europe

seattle_springyesterday at 11:35 PM

Considering the degree of "hate speech" a Tweet would have to contain to land someone in jail includes direct incitements of violence, I'm scared to ask what sort of opinion you'd like to share that you feel you legally cannot.

The claim that you get thrown in jail in London "just for sharing your opinion" is a myth, unless your opinion is, "round up everyone of race X, put them in a hotel, and burn the hotel down."

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shimmantoday at 12:49 AM

Weird, I wish I had universal healthcare and socialized housing.