▲ | red-iron-pine 4 days ago | |
> Also worth remembering, it’s probably not possible to listen to Hamas or Islamic Jihad spokesmen on US media… clips can be easily and readily found on most social media sites like youtube. the really scary ones generally are only in arabic with arabic names and titles, so the english-only gringo demographic aren't going to see them | ||
▲ | bigfudge 4 days ago | parent [-] | |
If social media existed then, no doubt Sinn Fein would be on there. The restrictions were only on the voice— not the words— of people like Adams on national TV channels. I really don’t think the UK treatment 40 years ago is that unusual and definitely doesn’t speak to the relative freedom of speech in US vs UK |