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by dijit 5 days ago
Got it. Opinions are wrong if we have them, but you should be embraced with open arms if you have them about our country.

https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/05/jd-vance-henry-nowak-kirp...

1 comments

Our VP saying he's upset at both the specific case and the causes thereof of a horrifically botched UK police job.... means... what?

Have you listened to your leaders? ever? We do! von der Lyon is my favorite!

you might notice that we don’t ban people at the border for being critical of our politicians.

Despite not banging our chests about free speech quite so much.

exactly. we don’t have free speech in the UK.

Why are you supporting my point?

in the US we have free speech for citizens (generally). People in foreign countries are not citizens of the US. they do not receive the benefit of our free speech protections (whatever those may be), since they are not, in fact, citizens of the US.

you replied with an article about the US Vice President decrying what happened. I thought that to be a non-sequitur, so i asked what you were trying to say.

You said you don't arrest people at your border for [speech].

i responded to that non-sequitur with two reports of people being arrested for speech, who cares if it's at the border? that's UK citizens being arrested for "speech", not foreigners! Like, thanks, i guess, for letting us have free speech when you don't?

and here we are.

* note: i don't think we arrest people at the border, just deny entry. i could be mistaken, though.