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Weird because I'm German and I wasn't aware that I'm living in North Korea. Did the US patent the definition of free speech or something?

I don't even know how people can say this stuff with a straight face. It's like saying "the US does not have healthcare" because of policy differences.



> Weird because I'm German and I wasn't aware that I'm living in North Korea. Did the US patent the definition of free speech or something?

Oh my god, I'm so stealing that one. I've heard the "USA is the only country with freedom" argument way too many times.


> I don't even know how people can say this stuff with a straight face.

It's not too difficult to do so, when there are examples of courts banning satirical poems of a foreign leader from being uttered: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38934027

Would something like this ever happen in the US? Could you provide an example?




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