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by streetfighter64 36 days ago
> Many people assume

Oh, did I do that? Where?

> This is how you get ...

Not really, you're just naming a shopping list of examples of what I mentioned earlier: "USA has many deep problems in their politics", with a very tenuous connection to the laws on speech.

> Did you not hear about Mahmoud Khalil? Or Alex Pretti? Ect?

I did hear about that, why are you assuming I didn't? Can you explain the connection to the issue at hand though, because I'm not seeing it.

I chose the tweets example because it's one of the more ridiculous examples, but I could just as well have named Palestine Action or numerous other examples from other european countries. What's "interesting" about it?

Isn't it "interesting" how you're trying very hard to paint a certain picture of the discussion?

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Okay, so let me make the question plain: what would American-style freedom of speech fix for the UK that isn't also a problem in the US despite having said freedom of speech.
If you read my original comment ("actually read it") you'll see I was simply stating that, in my opinion, it is better to not have ridiculous archaic laws on speech than to have them. What problem does having the restrictions on speech that are currently in place in the UK solve?

Are you claiming the problems in the USA that you mentioned are because of or despite having freedom of speech? You earlier seemed to claim that e.g. the jailing of activists was because of the free speech laws (the "this is how you get" line). So which one is it?

If all you have to offer is mere ideological preference, then I think this conversation has reached its limit of what it'll be able to achieve.
LOL. At least I'm intellectually honest about my "mere ideological preference" for not restricting speech, instead of trying to somehow construe that free speech is the cause of all the evils in the world.
@grok could you please find the part where I said that free speech is the cause of all the evils in the world?
Go go pokemon "grok argues my case for me"!

https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtMi1jb3B5_585f6600-e128-49bf-9...