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Comment by jakelazaroff

1 day ago

Under a normal administration that actually would be unexpected, yes.

Well, I'm not from the US and am just observing it from quite a distance, but a good comeback to you would be that the normal administration you wish for was good at letting people in, yes.

  • The "normal administration" to which I'm referring would be almost any administration in US history other than the current one. Freedom of speech is — at least putatively — a bedrock principle of the US.

    In fact, the same Secretary of State who deported this man from the US for his speech (amongst dozens of other such deportations[1]) has announced a policy meant to prevent other countries from doing the exact same thing.[2] "Free speech for me, but not for thee."

    [1]: https://truthout.org/articles/rubio-brags-hes-championing-fr...

    [2]: https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-a-visa-restriction-pol...

    • Fascists consider applying double standards that enable them to enjoy what they deny others, virtuous. Not a logical fallacy. The purpose is to dominate.

    • AFAIK, the speech is still free.

      The denied person seems to be a foreign national and by all looks of it, an activist, taking part in university protests. It doesn't seem all that surprising that he got denied entry.

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  • > and am just observing it from quite a distance

    You have remarkably strident opinions about a country, and its laws and norms, that you claim to be unfamiliar with and not a part of.