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by lopmotr 2954 days ago
The didn't have free speech to begin with. People forget Germany, France and the UK don't have the basic concept of freedom of speech that America does. You could already go to prison for insulting the wrong groups or supporting the wrong political party, and people have.
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>People forget Germany, France and the UK don't have the basic concept of freedom of speech that America does

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_10_of_the_European_Con...

If you read that, you see there are so many exceptions and they're so subjective (protection of morals?) that it's pretty much not a freedom at all.
Like who? Citations please.