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by clejack 418 days ago
You say you're 19. I take it you don't watch the news or at least not the U.S. news (which is understandable)? I have some bad news for you my aspirational friend. Things are changing very fast.

It seems as if we're quickly losing the freedom to have the wrong ideas. This was certainly a thing when Dems were in office, but now it has been amplified into an Orwellian form. And as far as immigration goes, if you don't have the right aesthetic or your social media doesn't look right, you may have a problem here as well.

Good luck.
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MaxHoppersGhost 418 days ago
Go to Europe and say/tweet mean things about specific groups and you will be locked away. Go to the US and support MS-13 and terrorist organizations and you will be locked away. These are not the same level of Orwellian.
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tastyface 418 days ago
“““Terrorist organizations””” — how long until antifa or BLM is considered one of those? Meanwhile, the Jan 6 rioters all got a royal pardon. What a joke.
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MaxHoppersGhost 416 days ago
Slippery slope argument is a fallacy
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clejack 417 days ago
Come to the U.S. and say something bad about Trump while also being in a compromised position, and you might find yourself in a similar situation. At what level this will end, I can't say; but we know where we were and we know where we currently are. Any average Joe could've talked shit about Biden with impunity. It seems we're getting away from that.

The fact that Europe has some aspects "worse" from your perspective is immaterial. I'm responding to a change in my environment not a change in the European environment. Having the president threatening schools and libraries for having certain books, and organizations for using certain terms when things weren't like that before is a rather jarring change and to pretend that it isn't indicates intellectual dishonesty or a lack of paying attention.

I was just listening to a story about immigrants with student visas being hunted down by ICE while they still have student status (even if you visa expires your legal status is maintained with your student status normally). The fact that this person is trying to immigrate from Europe means he/she may very well have an issue depending on background.

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