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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Lol, when we immigrated to the US, my mother told me never to publically criticize the government because it brings trouble, because their parents (aka: my grandparents) lived through the “Cultural Revolution” of PRC and this fear was passed down even after emigration, and I was like “but this is America? freedom of speech?”

Looking at modern day developments of the US, turns out they were right lol.

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TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Maybe it wouldn’t be this bad if people like them had criticised the government.

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- DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I mean…
  
  They did
  
  Then the Government sent the tanks…
  
  🤷‍♂️
  
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  - __siru__@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I think they were referring to criticizing the US government, not PRC. In an effort to keep free speech around in the US.
    
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BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You can have all the freedom you want, as long as your not dumb enough to actually try it

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