Comment by mcherm
1 day ago
What a mix!
Yes, it is American exceptionalism (and quite foolish) to make the claim that "This could never happen in the US".
No, the American government is NOT more authoritative than the UK in the way they handle freedom of websites. The grandparent comment is correct: the US government does not (currently) order ISPs to block specific websites.
Yes, those in the US should protest the current government (many of us already are doing so).
The American government censored a Dutch porn site (Motherless) just last week.
I think maybe there is more than one way to quantify authoritative.
Just looking at the percentage of the population in prison, or murders by cop per inhabitant, that are also good indicators of "repression", and the US might rate first worldwide.
First worldwide? Are you on crack? Are you familiar with the country called North Korea? Or Saudi Arabia?
As a note, I think you meant authoritarian; authoritative means “preeminent/most trustworthy”
I thought the USA have more murders by cop per capita than both of those
Sorry OPs first sentence mentions this is basically impossible in the US and then compared to EU or UK. There is a certain tone and I don't think this comment was a good faith criticism on EU or UK policy