Exactly the same? So, have you been been dragged away to be tortured and murdered yet for offering this criticism?
Hmm, I guess it’s not exactly the same.
Instead, your opinions are published and can be openly discussed. People can decide for themselves if they agree or disagree with you, and they also won’t be dragged away to be tortured and murdered if they express support for you.
Ai Weiwei lived in China most of his life, and was openly critical of the government there. He has been imprisoned before. In his family history, one of his parents was internally exiled. This is a brave person who knows a few things from personal experience and deserves some respect and consideration, even if you disagree.
And then there are those who don’t get whacked or politically persecuted, only cancelled. The people who got Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction wrong are still prominent today, while those who got it right have never worked in the industry again, like Chris Hedges and Phil Donahue.
Exactly the same? So, have you been been dragged away to be tortured and murdered yet for offering this criticism?
Hmm, I guess it’s not exactly the same.
Instead, your opinions are published and can be openly discussed. People can decide for themselves if they agree or disagree with you, and they also won’t be dragged away to be tortured and murdered if they express support for you.
That’s pretty different, don’t you think?
I think those differences really do matter.
Ai Weiwei lived in China most of his life, and was openly critical of the government there. He has been imprisoned before. In his family history, one of his parents was internally exiled. This is a brave person who knows a few things from personal experience and deserves some respect and consideration, even if you disagree.
Lmao, like you know better than him what is oppression. Look the press rights etc. You are free to think that you are free and consume tho
It’s like Julian Assange is memory-holed already.
For real hey,
Snowden, meanings, Aaron Schwartz (rip)
And then there are those who don’t get whacked or politically persecuted, only cancelled. The people who got Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction wrong are still prominent today, while those who got it right have never worked in the industry again, like Chris Hedges and Phil Donahue.
Same in France,
Investigation journalist or activists jailed or in justice for nothing except emarassing the power and the business.
Cf to start,
Reflet.info, laquadrature.net
Or even the cases of Steven Donziger or the stuff Ralph Nader went through in his heyday.