• tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    God this is such a good example of how insufferable mainstream political discussion is. “Israel is genociding people.” Reponse: “Everybody has a voice about the right paths in life and no one’s voice should be suppressed. Next Question.”

    • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      The voices defending and advocating for genocide should be suppressed actually.

      Free speech has proven to be an abject failure, and isn’t even real in the first place if you do any speech that actually harms the interests of the empire. There’s a reason we call the CIA award for excellence in journalism 2 bullets in the back of the head or a stay in a blacksite for the rest of your life.