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by Ajay-p
821 days ago
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There may be a risk. Some countries are forcing visitors to disclose their social media accounts. We know that some countries, such as Thailand, will arrest you for criticizing the King.1 We know Britain has arrested individuals for thought crimes.2 Speech is definitively under attack in the name of stifling hate speech and protecting certain individuals, so it's always possible but the actions will tell us more than analysis because it's kind of unprecedented. In short, really no country on earth as the freedoms of speech and expression that America does but it's all changing. It's possible you could be arrested but it would really depend on the situation, and the person. You, arrested? Probably not. Jordan Peterson, maybe. 1. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/thai-man-faces-record-50-... 2. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12557713/Our-silent... |
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Of course, you wouldn't be _arrested_ in the US for saying certain things, but I'm afraid you could be lynched/fired/etc., so _technically_ the freedom of speech is still preserved – but from my point of view it doesn't matter much whether I'm assaulted by the police or an angry mob. (In fact, I would probably prefer the police.)
It is sort of ironic, in a morbid and very sad way. When I was a kid, we looked at America as the "land of freedom", unattainable for us in a communist country. Now I'm much older and I witness the US slowly (or maybe even not that slowly) gravitating towards communism.
I wouldn't be astonished if expressing "unpopular opinions" on certain subjects (in a way not even offending anyone) were more risky in the US than here.
> You, arrested? Probably not. Jordan Peterson, maybe.
That is obvious. Still, the whole situation makes me sad.