{"id":44283584,"user":"whatshisface","time":1750008172,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

Freedom of assembly.","comments":[{"id":44283693,"user":"kreetx","time":1750009068,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

Sure, but with societal unrest don't you think there is a limit on how many foreigners you want in the country to be tilting the scales?","comments":[{"id":44283761,"user":"djur","time":1750009594,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

No. Freedom of expression is a human right, not a privilege of citizenship.","comments":[{"id":44283891,"user":"kreetx","time":1750010665,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

And he can continue to express himself, or can't he?","comments":[{"id":44289581,"user":"sorcerer-mar","time":1750082524,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

Sure, just like an American snatched off the street and sent to prison can still express himself in prison.","comments":[{"id":44291145,"user":"kreetx","time":1750092041,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

He is in nowhere like prison.","comments":[{"id":44291487,"user":"sorcerer-mar","time":1750094519,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

So? Your logic applies to prison just the same, obviously.","comments":[{"id":44293743,"user":"kreetx","time":1750110814,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

Being in prison and being free in your home country sound pretty different to me, in terms of free speech, or free anything really.","comments":[{"id":44293977,"user":"sorcerer-mar","time":1750113018,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

They're no different on the dimension that you identified as relevant: is he able to express himself or not?

I mean, you could put someone in solitary confinement and he'd be "able to express himself."

It's almost as if your heuristic is a bad one, which is why it is not the one established in the US Constitution or 250 years of case law.","comments":[{"id":44296471,"user":"kreetx","time":1750144535,"time_ago":"8 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

If you don't think there is a difference in being free and being in jail, then yeah, I guess we won't find much common ground.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":8,"url":"item?id=44296471"}],"comments_count":1,"level":7,"url":"item?id=44293977"}],"comments_count":2,"level":6,"url":"item?id=44293743"}],"comments_count":3,"level":5,"url":"item?id=44291487"}],"comments_count":4,"level":4,"url":"item?id=44291145"}],"comments_count":5,"level":3,"url":"item?id=44289581"}],"comments_count":6,"level":2,"url":"item?id=44283891"}],"comments_count":7,"level":1,"url":"item?id=44283761"}],"comments_count":8,"level":0,"url":"item?id=44283693"}],"comments_count":9,"url":"item?id=44283584"}

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