“Free speech is not an absolute human right. It has to be balanced with other human rights.” Helle Thorning Schmidt, member of Facebook’s Oversight Board and former PM of Denmark

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[–]Retardation_station 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I mean, does anyone actually expect Europeans to understand what freedom is? Much less freedom of speech?

[–]jamesK_3rd 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Bingo. I cringe every time I hear people on the right make say things like, "it's terrible what's happening with freedom of X in country X".

I want to say, no your a fucking moron that doesn't understand what your saying, there's generally only one country where the belief in real freedom and rights of the people were once enshrined in a document, it wasn't perfect, but it was better than anything else. And they've been treating it apart piece by piece since. But truthfully they wouldn't get it

[–]Markimus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

America is the most brutal totalitarian regime in the world currently lmao. The jews have given blacks the superpower of being able to go out attacking white people with impunity, if you record it and give it to the media you will get a gofundme of $100k minimum when your abuse of a random white person goes viral.

For jews in America there is freedom because they run the show, and there's relative freedom for non-whites as long as they're doing what jews say, whites are ruthlessly oppressed.

[–]Retardation_station 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As opposed to Europeans who have never had freedom. That's the only point I was trying to make.

[–]chadwickofwv 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like Nazi ideology.

[–]EngieBengie 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

"Giving people we don't approve the right to express their opinion endangers our existence in the public space" seems more what this person is saying.

[–]Gravi 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, let's balance it with censorship. /s

[–]yoke 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

history proves time and again that stuff like 'human rights', once used against free speech, enlarges itself until it becomes a coherent ideology that either fucks itself up or fucks its culture up.

[–]Fitter_Happier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Tucker did a segment on "You can't shout fire in crowded theater". He said "Yes, you can. If you believe there is a fire."

[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Screw Helle Thorning Schmidt and FB.

[–]adultmanhwa 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

sign that your politician isn't from grass root and if his quote applied to himself it will be wonderful

[–]cm18 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, since the movie theaters are more or less empty, I guess it does not matter if anyone runs through them shouting "fire!".

[–]H3v8 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wonder what his opinion on the "right to immigration" is.