USA vs EU censorship.

"Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences" originally meant that you should expect criticism, not arrest. It's especially sinister that this is now being reinterpreted for governments to shut down criticism.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it, needs to make a come back.

Your cousins in the 🇺🇸 are here to speak for you. We may never be able to visit without arrest but we are going to keep posting until you are free. I know how brash you find our manner but let us step up beside you. Our President protects us. We shall fight beside you

Europe is sliding back into Fascism.

The EU is the new Soviet Union. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the leaders share the same ancestry as the actual Soviets.

Even if you do accept the whole “freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences” idea, you still have the realize that those consequences have to fit the crime. Distancing yourself from someone who said a slur is a justified consequence, killing them over it isn’t

The reason the European leaders are pushing this is because they are losing control of its citizens. Those native people who are tired of the destruction of their country and the rape/murder or terrorism with the increase of 3rd world imports. The Islamic take over of Europe.

I want this post on record for when the police come after me. I want to be able to point to it in interview, and warn them if they put me before a court they will be making me a martyr. Your Honour, Members of the Jury, There are moments in a nation’s history when a citizen must choose whether to live comfortably as a coward or to speak the truth and risk the consequences. I have made my choice. And now, here I stand—accused, quite literally, of saying the wrong thing. Not of violence. Not of fraud. Not of theft. But of deploying words—those ancient instruments of thought and civilisation—in a manner that displeased the sensibilities of the time. I ask you to consider how low a society must sink before disagreement becomes a legal matter, and offence is elevated to the status of injury. I do not apologise. Not because I wish to be provocative, but because I believe that truth needs no apology. You may convict me today. You may cage my body. But you will not arrest my mind. Nor will you extinguish the principle that what is true is not always polite, and what is polite is not always true. Let me be absolutely clear: I do not seek leniency. I seek vindication, not for myself, but for the long and blood-stained tradition of free inquiry—the very tradition that built this nation and gave its people the strength to challenge kings, empires, and dogmas alike. It is no small irony that the same country which once gave refuge to dissidents fleeing censorship now produces its own in courtrooms like this—where men are punished not for what they do, but for what they think, and how eloquently they dare to express it. I say this without bitterness but with all the conviction I can summon: if my words are dangerous, it is only because this culture has grown too weak to hear them. And if I must be a martyr for the cause of liberty—then so be it. History is written by those who stood firm when it was easiest to sit down. So do your duty, if you must. Read your verdict, and be proud of your obedience. But know this: you are not convicting me. You are convicting the very idea that a man may stand against the mob and speak his mind. You are not passing judgment on my words. You are passing judgment on your own future. And when the pendulum swings back, as it always does—when the very laws you uphold today are used against those you love, and the orthodoxy of tomorrow devours its own—I hope you will remember this moment, and recall that one man tried to warn you, and was silenced not by the truth, but by the fear of hearing it. Thank you.

The primary reason Americans have the right to bear arms is to protect themselves from the greatest threat: a corrupt government. The events of January 6, 2024, demonstrate that if Americans are unhappy with something, the Constitution gives us the ability to enact change.

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Europeans allowed their governments to convince them that civilized societies don't need armed citizens. Now they learn the real reason for that lie.

If you want to know why or how people adopt the “freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequence” mindset, just visit Reddit and scroll any popular news subreddit. It’s mostly Europeans and you will get a feeling for why they hold these authoritarian beliefs on speech.

I think we as Americans should help our European brothers and sisters by calling all of their politicians slurs. Even if it’s not a slur that makes sense. Make them feel like they are in a COD lobby

The “useful idiot” NPCs are incapable of projecting themselves into a situation where this impacts them, even though it’s only 2 steps away. History teaches, when commis get into power, the most ardent supporters are first against the wall for questioning the government.

@franceonu Macaron's wife is a lizard man, prince Andrew's favorite place to buy from was Epstein Island.

Our right to free speech doesn’t end where their “hurt feelings” begin.

"hate speech" laws is solely to control thinking. It's Marxism 101

Unless you're calling for violence in a serious way, all speech should be legal. Public may issue consequences, not government

“free speech” becomes “speech in total alignment with EU policies” Anything else is disinformation or misinformation and liable to censorship or imprisonment. God Bless America 🇺🇸 truly the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.

There is defacto no freedom of speech if you limit it by any margin

The men doing the actual raids are absolute traitors and need to be treated as such.

Love this guy

The first amendment is very clear here. Freedom of speech is a right that protects us from governmental persecution. When Americans say things like “not free from consequences,” they usually or at least used to meant socially. It’s sad that the EU doesn’t have the same.

I trust you saw this and appreciate President Trump calling out the WEF puppets

Same thing here in Brazil... Here, you still can criticize a politician, as long as he is not aligned with the government

What they don’t seem to grasp is that today those you disagree with get arrested. Tomorrow they themselves who push this get arrested. It’s an umbrella term with no limit. Any thing could be hate speech. We need a pro European nationalist movement all across the west to stop the invasion and decimation of our various nations/cultures. Uh oh…. Come get me.

Those that support the “hate speech” laws will in time be accused of doing same by even more sensitive people.

Los of people fail to realize at some point there will be new people in charge who will be 100% against what they want that can and will obliterate you. Free speech is for everyone not just words formed the way you want. I hate the new world stupidity Prefrontal cortex is GONE!

I’m surprised that more Europeans don’t ask Americans to troll their politicians for them. There are tons of Americans that would gladly help y’all out and it’s not like your governments can do anything about it.

Europe has turned into the Middle East. Speech goes first. Now we wait to see what’s taken next. It’s coming. We all know it. Europe is gonna feel it.

Excellent commentary! Under the US constitution, First Amendment guarantees free speech. The Second protects the right to bear arms In over 200 years since the US Constitution was ratified, it’s remarkable if not shocking that no other country followed this model. The US Constitution is unique because it doesn’t tell the people what they can do, it tells the government what it can’t. That’s what happens when the people write the rules, not the rulers.