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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday December 31 2019, @06:29PM (3 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday December 31 2019, @06:29PM (#937945)

    Yeah, part of the American superiority complex is the false belief that it's the most "free" country on Earth. You compare your rights in the US to your rights even in Canada and you'll see it's not.

    That said, I always liked this joke: An American and Soviet are hanging out in 1970, and the American says "I'm far more free than you. Why, I can go up to the White House holding a sign saying I don't like President Nixon." The Russian said "But I can go up to the Kremlin holding a sign saying I don't like President Nixon too!"

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  • (Score: 2) by gtomorrow on Tuesday December 31 2019, @07:43PM

    by gtomorrow (2230) on Tuesday December 31 2019, @07:43PM (#937984)

    I LOVE THAT JOKE!

    Happy New Year, Mr Thexalon.

  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday January 06 2020, @08:36PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Monday January 06 2020, @08:36PM (#940351)

    That said, I always liked this joke: An American and Soviet are hanging out in 1970, and the American says "I'm far more free than you. Why, I can go up to the White House holding a sign saying I don't like President Nixon." The Russian said "But I can go up to the Kremlin holding a sign saying I don't like President Nixon too!"

    I recall reading somewhere recently, "In Poland you have freedom before speaking. In the U.S. you have freedom after speaking."

    It's a lot harder to physically prevent somebody from speaking out (or it used to be, before everything went digital, anyway), than it is to make them afraid to speak out so they self-censor.

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  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday January 08 2020, @10:55PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Wednesday January 08 2020, @10:55PM (#941234) Journal

    I was just watching a video last night of Reagan telling Russian jokes and that was one of them, except he told it in the context of anyone is free to go to Congress and say, "I don't like President Reagan," and Gorbachev replied that anyone can go to the Politburo and say they don't like President Reagan either.

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