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No. Freedom of expression is a human right, not a privilege of citizenship.
by djur 1y ago
No. Freedom of expression is a human right, not a privilege of citizenship.
- kreetx 1y agoAnd he can continue to express himself, or can't he?
- sorcerer-mar 1y agoSure, just like an American snatched off the street and sent to prison can still express himself in prison.
- kreetx 1y agoHe is in nowhere like prison.
- sorcerer-mar 1y agoSo? Your logic applies to prison just the same, obviously.
- kreetx 1y agoBeing in prison and being free in your home country sound pretty different to me, in terms of free speech, or free anything really.
- sorcerer-mar 1y agoThey're no different on the dimension that you identified as relevant: is he able to express himself or not? I mean, you could put someone in solitary confinement and he'd be "able to express himself." It's almost as if your heuristic is a bad one, which is why it is not the one established in the US Constitution or 250 years of case law.
- kreetx 1y agoIf you don't think there is a difference in being free and being in jail, then yeah, I guess we won't find much common ground.