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i should be allowed to watch whatever state propaganda i want, i'm a big boy 15 years ago in the US this would have been uncontroversial
by whimsicalism 2y ago
i should be allowed to watch whatever state propaganda i want, i'm a big boy
15 years ago in the US this would have been uncontroversial
- carbotaniuman 2y agoI'm sure the US government would have been real keen on you reading Kremlin news source 40 year ago...
- whimsicalism 2y agothere were multiple Kremlin propaganda outlets you could read in the US 40 years ago, although it is true that (IIRC) there were restrictions on broadcast television
- hnpolicestate 2y agoIt's legal. We have that right.
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoIt's still uncontroversial in the US, where RT remains widely available, although their local TV operations folded after a boycott by cable providers.
- dns_snek 2y agoDon't get me wrong, if you really want to watch it, I think you should be allowed to. Personally I'm undecided about whether these channels should be publicly available on e.g. free TV channels, but that's getting off topic.
- namdnay 2y ago15 years ago watching too much Taliban propaganda would have put you in Guantanamo pretty fast
- whimsicalism 2y agoyou earnestly think that is true of an american citizen in 2009?
- namdnay 2y agoif they were muslim? without a doubt