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A Nigerian woman reviewed some tomato puree online. Now she faces jail (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Describe what you mean by "freedom of speech" here, I'm assuming you don't mean the first amendment because that only applies in the US and only for protection against congress ( the US congress ofc ).

Given the above I'm not sure what line you mean here, libel/slander?

You can only point out facts that exist, well, you can technically point out whatever you like and call it "fact" i suppose, but it's not really accurate unless it's an actual fact.

Unless accuracy isn't what you were going for ?

In case you were wondering : https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fact

[+] [email protected] -6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Where is the United States even mentioned Here…?

Thanks for being the stereotypical ignorant American who has to make everything about themselves while also making a complete moron of themselves.

Fucking lmfao.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Here is one example

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted during the French Revolution in 1789, specifically affirmed freedom of speech as an inalienable right.[6] Adopted in 1791, freedom of speech is a feature of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

I mean you can just find in page for "United States"

Also , not american (a good example of an actual fact) and i very specifically ruled out the typical american interpretation of freedom of speech.

The fact that i was asking you what interpretation you were using implies i recognise more than just one, so even if i were american (again, not american) the question would still stand.

I also , very specifically asked what interpretation you were using for your argument, but it seems we've skipped over the questions entirely and gone straight to factually incorrect personal attacks.

I'll just assume you don't have an answer to the actual question given no attempt was made to actually answer it, or perhaps you think your position is unassailable and an answer is beneath you.

Regardless, good luck with fact pointing i suppose.

edit: added answer to your question

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You started with the personal attacks first, so why the fuck do you think you deserve better back?

Fucking lmfao.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

if someone pointing out that you are saying "fact" but aren't meeting any of the definitions of a fact seems like an attack to you i suspect you're probably having a bad time on the internet. Again you dodge most of the actual points of the conversation, probably intentionally.

Also i'm pretty sure "Fucking lmfao." has a redundant "Fucking" in it , but I'm not holding my breath on you caring about that given how this has gone so far.

Doesn't seem like this is going to go anywhere interesting, so I'll just add you to the blocklist and be happy nothing of value(to me) was lost.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Actually you pointed out that you missed the point of my comment since you assumed it was about the US freedom of speech, when they aren’t even the original. I even provided a link to an article, and you had to search so far down for a small blurb on the USA, while ignoring the wall of text that says it’s not a USA thing, nor even started there………………

So yes ignoring my facts while pushing your own wildly incorrect ones is in fact an attack on someone’s character.

I’m using two fuckings to show just how asinine your argument is, fucking lmfao. It’s called redundancy, I’m making sure my point got across since you intentionally ignored my first one and inputted your own massively I incorrect one.

You’re nothing but a troll trying to derail a conversation, so maybe look in a mirror before calling others out, fucking lmfao.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Freedom of speech is a cultural and institutional phenomenon, which happens to be mentioned by the US Bill of Rights.

It is not a term which refers to the US amendment, any more than “peaceably assemble” or “levy taxes” or “quartering of troops” are references to parts of the US Constitution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did you mean to reply to me? Or the person above?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Not intended as a retort