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If Assange and Snowden can't come back, why cucker?
I'm not. But if we only did it to tucker I wouldn't even look twice.
Ok. I thought you "did not know."
Yes, and my post was a joke but you read it like an executive order.
I always love how quickly the liberal mask falls off. The west is all about freedom, democracy, and free speech, until it's something the lib mainstream doesn't like to hear. It's quite telling you're not asking why Assange and Snowden are being prosecuted for revealing what they revealed, but you're upset that this isn't happening more.
Turns out that those who label Communists as tankies and authoritarians are well-aware of the necessity to suppress divergent viewpoints. Freedom of expression is limited to ideas that align with the liberal narrative; when faced with opinions they deem detrimental, liberals demand cancellation, imprisonment, or even death for the proponents.
The real disagreement liberals have with the Communists is over what set of ideas has merit. When liberals screech about authoritarianism what they're really saying is that it's their ideology that's being suppressed.