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"I can guarantee freedom of speech. I cannot guarantee freedom after speech" -- Idi Amin (the murderous dictator)

• debacle 5y ago
  This is a wonderful response to that line of thinking. Thank you. This appears to be the actual quote: "There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech." But I can't find an official source.
• UncleMeat 5y ago
  Watch how swiftly the alt right retreats on their support for free speech should they ever dominate politics.
  • Veen 5y ago
    About as quickly as progressives retreated from it once they had the power to get people they disagree with fired.
    • UncleMeat 5y ago
      Progressives aren't the ones using free speech as the core argument for their policies.
      • Veen 5y ago
        Free speech was a core component of progressive ideology until fairly recently, which is the point I was making. Of course they aren't so insistent on it now it's become inconvenient.