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> Hmm, I would have expected more outrage from the US "free speech absolutists" over this US government decision

The crowd that claims to be in favor of free speech should be in favor of free speech for everyone, not just US citizens. This thread isn't about the government - it's about how HN's very vocal "free speech" crowd are actually libertarians who want to say awful things and not get called out rather than people who stand up for the concept of free speech in general.

Why is my position invalid? I'm in favor of the exact type of free speech provided by the Bill of Rights for citizens of the USA, of which I am one, and that I do not care about the fantastical universal "for everyone" form of free speech that is being pushed on HN?

Let your own countries defend their own "free speech" rights. The UN cannot defend it for you, and you cannot defend it for yourself.

So basically your position is imperialism mixed with some weird provincial fetishization of some document, not being pro free speech?

And you wonder why people consider that both ugly and simultaneously ridiculous?

So you only care about things that benefit you?

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