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Freedom of assembly and speech are table stakes in most democracies, and the US doesn't even rank particularly highly (#45) in the World Press Freedom index: h
by Clewza313 6y ago
Freedom of assembly and speech are table stakes in most democracies, and the US doesn't even rank particularly highly (#45) in the World Press Freedom index:
https://rsf.org/en/ranking https://rsf.org/en/ranking
The real outlier in the US is gun rights.
- bpodgursky 6y agoI really don't care what some random list says — ex, Germany does not have the same freedom of speech that the US has. There are literal banned books other blanket bans with regards to Nazi speech. That's fine, they can do them, but the enshrined rights are simply not comparable, and it's ridiculous to claim they are.
- loopz 6y agoYour young country may have yet to learn about banning extremist ideology and cults.
- bpodgursky 6y agoMy young country didn't gas 12 million of its own citizens, so I'd say we're doing comparatively better.
- dang 6y agoWould you please stop posting flamewar comments to HN? This is over the top. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- pm90 6y agoYes, not banning Nazis has worked extremely well for the US in its recent past.