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it's working really well, we don't get arrested for social media posts as far as I can tell

• philipwhiuk 2y ago
  https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-sentenced-after-conviction-election https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86l4p583y6o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86l4p583y6o https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/holdindigenous-man-faces-10-years-for-facebook-comments-during-b https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/holdindigenous-man-... Yes you do
  • jahewson 2y ago
    That’s not the same thing. You know what he means.
• ornornor 2y ago
  If that’s the bar then I guess yes it’s a resounding success for freedom.
  • cupcakecommons 2y ago
    The UK seems to be actively covering up the mass rape of little girls and throwing dissidents in prison. They've sustained mass immigration for decades against their own peoples' will. The US just shook off, at least in part, the same mass immigration and the same clamping down of free speech in the US. It's not the only bar, but I would definitely consider it a resounding success. I can't help but think the 1st and 2nd amendment play a part because the 1st is obviously implicated and the 2nd is required to maintain the 1st.
    • defrost 2y ago
      > The UK seems to be actively covering up the mass rape of little girls They're doing the worst cover up ever given grooming gangs and where they operate have been headlines in the UK for decades. What they're not very good at is keeping the UK citizens at large well informed with a realistic sense of proportion given the scale of child sexual abuse far exceeds the activities of grooming gangs.
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    • EdwardDiego 2y ago
      "seems to be" is not the same as "is". I'm glad you observe the distinction though.