Bad takes everywhere. https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/110g3mf/i_mean_americans_like_to_criticize_their_own

  • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Ignoring their dumb, preconceived notions about how China actually operates, it’s amazing to me how this brave redditor’s conception of freedom and democracy begins and ends with flinging impotent insults. Yes, I’m sure a homeless guy in an American city feels so free when he can call out Brandon or Cheeto Man.

    Reminds me of when the Iraq war veteran (now PSL member) Mike Prysner chewed out Bush in public and was forcefully escorted out, all while Bush, with a smug expression, said something along the lines of “you have a right to your opinion”. There’s a reason why they allow us to “speak our minds”, up until the point it threatens them (McCarthyism).

    • DoubleShot [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      AES states often can't have US-style freeze peach because the CIA will leverage it into regime change via wreckers. In the US, it's not current a threat to power. If we were ever in a situation where free speech actually threatened power in the US, you can be absolutely certain that right would be revoked and probably clamped down harder on than any AES state ever has.