Here in the United States, free speech is under attack. It shouldn’t be, but all kinds of things that shouldn’t be actually are.
It’s the unfortunate way of the world, it seems.
Anyway, back to free speech. Yes, it’s under attack, but whereas the right was the only long accused of trying to regulate what people say, these days it’s the left that seems inclined to do just that.
From their desire for hate speech laws to some wanting to criminalize misgendering people, the left doesn’t have any interest in your right to speak freely. In Europe, for example, you don’t have that right and never have.
Yet it seems Ireland is going even further than just trying to restrict your words. They want to prosecute people for thinking the wrong things.
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