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		leereeves on June 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extr... "Free speech means you can shout in the wind all day long." That's the idea those absurd behind "free speech zones" off in a remote corner. Free speech means free speech in every public space.

edmundsauto on June 6, 2019 [–]

I respect that you take that stance, but I don't share that opinion.

leereeves on June 6, 2019 | [–]

Well, I'll remind you that Republicans used "free speech zones" to silence critics of the Iraq War.

Personally I fear the future where the government (or monopoly/oligopoly) in power isolates all opposition in a remote corner where no one can hear.

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