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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Doesn’t change my point that freedom of speech/protest is important to resist the controlling nature of the religious disease.

Complete freedom of speech isn't allowed in any other Western democracy.

Saying we should kill all black people will get you jailed in mamy western nations, in the US it's a rallying cry.

Like the US Gun laws, you can look to other similar nations who do it differently to see if there are different outcomes.

As to religion, is their a more secular western nation than France ? The US is infested with the putrid stench of religion every where you look, In God we trust ? FFS.

There are any things to admire about the US I just can't tthink of any right now

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago

This is kind of the same ignorance as OP but from the other side.

The us doesn't have "complete freedom of speech" (even if we're counting a USA where the first amendment still matters, aka not now)

Other western democracies do not practice a "lesser form" of free speech than America.

You are just American

“Saying we should kill all black people will get you jailed in mamy western nations, in the US it's a rallying cry”

First of all: many*

I have lived in rural and suburban areas. I have also lived in right-leaning and left-leaning areas. I now live in a city.

Your information must be outdated because never in my 30ish years living in the U.S. have I ever heard “We should kill all black people” let alone heard it used as a “rallying cry.” Be fuckin’ for real and get out of your fantasy land. You can’t even spell correctly, I won’t be engaging with you or your bad-faith arguments any further lol