Comment on China calls for Maduro’s immediate release, accuses US of breaching international law

• a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Go to the south sometime and ask them about their cool confederate flags.

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  • Dupelet@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I didn’t imply ALL of them thought the same way. My point was that Americans still have the freedom to speak up (for now)

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    • eldavi@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Tell that to people like Fred Hampton or Garry Web or Chelsea Manning.

      All spoke out against the American government and all paid for it w their lives; their livelihoods; or both and time has vindicated all of them.

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      • Dupelet@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I don’t disagree with you, but there’s still a vast gulf between freedom of speech in the US and China

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    • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      US citizens are pretty vocal about the failings of their nation.

      This is where you were wrong. We are an ignorant, stupid people.

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      • Dupelet@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Some*

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ironically they will just as likely go on a tirade against the guvmint, for entirely different reasons.

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• Tja@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  For now…

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• Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  but fail to act on it

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• Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Are you referring to the people who voted for Trump? Vocal, yes, accurate, no.

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  • Dupelet@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Pretty much the opposite actually.

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