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lukewarm707 • today at 2:36 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

If the UK is in europe, you should make fun of the following: they don't have a first amendment. So to me, it's an authoritarian state preaching freedom.


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mcv • today at 2:56 PM

The order of amendments is just the order in which the constitution has been amended. It's meaningless to talk about "first amendments" in other countries. Talk about the actual laws and rights described therein.

And as you can probably tell by now, the first amendment in the US is not actually preventing the US government from promoting a specific religion or silencing speech. It's just words on a paper at this point. Look at the actual practice.

Several European countries do a much better job at protecting the rights described in the first amendment to the US constitution.

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gond • today at 2:53 PM

Sometimes, comments are so baffling, I couldn’t formulate an answer even if I tried, and that’s not due to the content.

This is Not Even Wrong.

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mortalapeman • today at 2:46 PM

I mean laws and rights are only useful if enforced. If the arm of government responsible for enforcement just doesn't and the people allow it, then what good is that purported freedom?

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i_love_retros • today at 2:41 PM

They also don't have a second amendment so it balances out

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