Comment by kreetx
2 days ago
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.
2 days ago
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.
Man, if we can't agree that "freedom of speech" includes protection from legal consequences for something you say then there's really nowhere to go from here.
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If you can get deported for your speech, it is not free.
Constitutional rights aren't conditional on US citizenship unless explicitly stated. [0]
[0] https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?a...
Restating:
In your mind: Why do these qualifications move US Gov behavior - from the unacceptable column into the unsurprising column?
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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.
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