The West is destroying itself. In Germany, cops can raid your house for "insulting" a politician on social media now. "Hate speech," "malicious gossip" and "fake quotes" are against the law too. I made this video to try to explain all the reasons why this is a huge problem.

"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as publick liberty, without freedom of speech ... in those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call any thing else his own. Whoever would overthrow the liberty of the nation, must begin by subduing the freedom of speech." (from Thomas Gordon's letter, printed in the London Journal on February 4, 1720 and part of "Cato's Letters," later quoted in full by 16-year-old Benjamin Franklin under the name Silence Dogood in The New-England Courant on July 9, 1722)

Thank you guys, you totally nailed it. I always tip toeing or 2nd guess my comments on the internet and I know that's wrong. I mean we have a childbook author playing the role as minister for economy and people got raided for reposting a meme saying he is a fool. <3 U

I want to repost a response to this comment but I don't want you to get in trouble for posting it. I am also getting comments from others with similar stories. This is so wrong. So wrong.

Like the plot to a dystopian movie, New York will now monitor social media writings, collect data, and use law enforcement to crack down on any expression it deems to be hate speech.

Apple just handed over user data in Britain. Look here not there.

Yeah I just saw that. Everything is unraveling so fast.

@BrittanyGay0132 I was censored on X today for “hate speech,” because I quoted and referenced Scripture.

@IRON100USA Germany raiding citizens over insulting politicians? I did naught-zee that coming!

Well said.

I'm watching you on X, while the X owner puts boundaries on our free speech. Oh, the irony.

Got to do what you can with what you have.