[r00fus]

Many many cultures do not share the US's "unfettered freedom of speech".

Even within the US, we talk a big game but - have you ever felt it wise to "exercise free speech" with law enforcement?

So yeah, it's complicated.

[legitster]

> Even within the US, we talk a big game but - have you ever felt it wise to "exercise free speech" with law enforcement?

Uhhhh... we literally just had an entire summer of people shutting down cities to voice their frustration over police.

My personal unwillingness to start cursing out every cop I see is not actually a good litmus test for my freedom of speech.

[yucatansunshine]

how many protestors got ran over by said police (and the reason for why these protests happened in the first place) is a good litmus test though

[mempko]

Ok, but without consequence? There were a thousands of arrests and people hurt/killed voicing their frustration. Even journalists were shot at with rubber bullets and arrested. Yes, that's right, journalists were shot at and arrested by police in the US.

[mannerheim]

freedom of speech in the US isn't perfect and the rest of the West is worse so the USSR really did have freedom of speech after all

i am very smart!