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Why? The police aren't at his door and he's not been arrested it's not a good thing but we are still miles away from Europe.

cma 5mo ago
Writing an op-ed can get the police on you here. The first amendment isn't supposed to only apply to citizens. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/18/rumeysa-ozturk-trauma-children-ice-gaza https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/...
- ilogik 5mo ago
  A photo of seashells gets you indicted: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/justice-department-indicts-ex-fbi-director-james-comey-again https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/justice-departme...
piva00 5mo ago
Europe where? Europe is a whole continent with 40+ different countries...
koliber 5mo ago
She is a woman. There are so many shades of gray in freedom of speech. In free European countries the police are also not at the door of outspoken government critics. If you are alluding to dictatorial European countries like Russia and Belarus, the US is miles away and moving in their direction. Compared to Western Europe, there is no difference.
ilogik 5mo ago
Where is there a problem in Europe? I if want to go to the US on the other hand, I need to give them my social media accounts. That doesn't sound like free speech to me
- bjourne 5mo ago
  You will be subject to mandatory facial recognition technology with long-term storage, though. The US may certainly be the worst but Europe is also going in an authoritarian direction.
  - pjc50 5mo ago
    In "why not both" news, both sides are pursuing increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement, which is imposed on everyone who goes through an airport. (Intra-Schengen flights lets you avoid most of this, but the heavier enforcement on extra-Schengen is the tradeoff)
- nerdsniper 5mo ago
  Chat Control is also at the door, and almost being invited in.
- sieabahlpark 5mo ago
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Arkhaine_kupo 5mo ago
The FBI shows up if you write about the pres. But tbh its so much nicer when journalists self censor to not lose their job because of access to healthcare. Or when billionaires buy entire media empires and fire journalists critical of the goverment. Bezos owning WP, Murdoch owning everything else, Sinclair owning local stations... the free speech is so fucking goood

cma 5mo ago

Writing an op-ed can get the police on you here. The first amendment isn't supposed to only apply to citizens. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/18/rumeysa-ozturk-trauma-children-ice-gaza https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/...

ilogik 5mo ago
A photo of seashells gets you indicted: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/justice-department-indicts-ex-fbi-director-james-comey-again https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/justice-departme...

piva00 5mo ago

Europe where? Europe is a whole continent with 40+ different countries...

koliber 5mo ago

She is a woman. There are so many shades of gray in freedom of speech. In free European countries the police are also not at the door of outspoken government critics. If you are alluding to dictatorial European countries like Russia and Belarus, the US is miles away and moving in their direction. Compared to Western Europe, there is no difference.

ilogik 5mo ago

Where is there a problem in Europe? I if want to go to the US on the other hand, I need to give them my social media accounts. That doesn't sound like free speech to me

bjourne 5mo ago
You will be subject to mandatory facial recognition technology with long-term storage, though. The US may certainly be the worst but Europe is also going in an authoritarian direction.
- pjc50 5mo ago
  In "why not both" news, both sides are pursuing increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement, which is imposed on everyone who goes through an airport. (Intra-Schengen flights lets you avoid most of this, but the heavier enforcement on extra-Schengen is the tradeoff)
nerdsniper 5mo ago
Chat Control is also at the door, and almost being invited in.
sieabahlpark 5mo ago
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Arkhaine_kupo 5mo ago

The FBI shows up if you write about the pres. But tbh its so much nicer when journalists self censor to not lose their job because of access to healthcare. Or when billionaires buy entire media empires and fire journalists critical of the goverment. Bezos owning WP, Murdoch owning everything else, Sinclair owning local stations... the free speech is so fucking goood