28 ms·

Which things?

• poszlem 3y ago
  In Poland you cannot insult the president: https://www.politico.eu/article/poles-legal-jeopardy-insulting-president-andrzej-duda-poland-moron/#:~:text=Polish%20law%20makes%20insulting%20the,to%20three%20years%20in%20prison https://www.politico.eu/article/poles-legal-jeopardy-insulti.... You can also go in jail for "insult to religious feelings". In the UK people get fined for offensive tweets, including saying things like "men are not women". In France people are facing trials for insulting Macron: https://news.yahoo.com/french-woman-faces-trial-insulting-163820283.html https://news.yahoo.com/french-woman-faces-trial-insulting-16...
  • peoplefromibiza 3y ago
    In US you can go to jail for being black or not following police officers orders or responding to them in a way they do not like, or talking to them, or taking pictures of them. And they can shoot you. Just like any authoritarian police state. EDIT: freedom of speech is not related only to offending the president or saying good things about Hitler, it also mean I can talk and eventually argue with a police officer in EU without worrying that they will arrest me or shoot me. It means I can take a picture of a firemen's truck without the camera being seized by the police (it happened to me in Florida) and no way of talking to them that there's no need to abuse of their power, you can actually delete photos from cameras. etc etc authoritarianism and control works best when it's not in the law, but in the people habits.
    • euresident 3y ago
      Great, but we are talking about Europe, can't you read?