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[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca -2 points 6 months ago

Interesting that countries where it's dangerous to speak out against government institutions show the citizens answering the survey by saying what those those same institutions would want them to say.

[-] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 months ago

Idk about you but as a Canadian in the US I feel like it's dangerous to speak out against the US-backed genocide in Gaza.

GOP Presidential Candidates Threaten to Revoke Visas From Pro-Palestine Students

In a two-party system when one party will seek to deport me for speaking out, it's not exactly the bastion of free speech you make it out to be.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

it's not exactly the bastion of free speech you make it out to be.

I've never claimed the US was a bastion of any sort of freedom, despite the Americans repeating Fransis Scott Key's assertion a couple of times a day.

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