Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for tweeting

Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by chitowneats on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:12PM (#32503015)

It does appear to me that America and the rest of the West are diverging on this issue. We do not criminally prosecute people for political speech. Even speech most of us find abhorrent. We draw the line at inciting violence.

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by moistly on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:34PM (#32504570)

And look where that’s gotten you.

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by fein on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:48PM (#32504675)

We don't put 93 year old women in prison for saying Auschwitz was a work camp, so wherever "we" are is at least not that bad.

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by moistly on Thursday August 18, 2022 @01:07PM (#32512294)

Didn’t think I’d have to spell it out, but you’ve got Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, and endless funding from the Koch brothers who were literally raised by a Nazi nanny, all abusing “free speech” to purposefully—and successfully!—destroy your nation.

Free speech absolutism or a functional society: you can pick only one, not both.

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by moistly on Thursday August 18, 2022 @04:13PM (#32514318)

I don’t think chitowneats message deserved flagging, nor deletion.

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