• CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Most people don’t have problems but we are shocked to hear Canadians and Australians were turned back because they spoke out against our regime government.

    It was unheard off. Freedom of speech? Gone. 🗽, diminished.

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      3 days ago

      I guess because I’ve witnessed authoritarian takeovers of other countries this detail didn’t even phase me, we should have expected it. There are a large number of places in the world where you will get turned away or worse for your beliefs if you’re outspoken. Americans’ deluded belief broadly that we had “free speech” was always a crutch people would use to justify their hate but was rarely used for actual social change.