| ▲ | jb1991 2 hours ago |
| It's also known as being one of the very few first-world countries actually without basic freedoms, like free speech, freedom of the press, etc. |
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| ▲ | broodbucket 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Australia doesn't have those either, despite many people assuming we do (including most people who live here). |
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| ▲ | Der_Einzige 5 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Australia, New Zealand, and the UK are all competing with each other on who can be the most authoritarian anglo nation. "Oi, you got a loicense for that opinion M8?" |
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| ▲ | rahimnathwani 14 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| UK?
France?
Germany? |
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| ▲ | jb1991 10 minutes ago | parent [-] | | France has a constitutional right to free speech since at least the 18th century, not sure what you mean. There is a Declaration of the Rights of Man, which is still part of France's constitution. France is also bound by the EU Convention on Human Rights. Why would you compare France to Singapore in this regard? That's strange. |
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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > basic freedoms, like free speech, freedom of the press, etc. How is that going for us in the west? Like, I believe in these rights. But I also think we should be open to questioning them when we’ve got anti-vaxxers and Holocaust deniers finding popular purchase among an increasingly and proudly illiterate population. |
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| ▲ | alex43578 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The stupidity of some shouldn't be an argument against the rights of everyone. | |
| ▲ | jb1991 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | The net effect is ultimately positive. Societies are healthier in many ways when people are free to speak their mind. | |
| ▲ | jb1991 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Humans are messy but long-term nothing good has ever come from repression. |
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