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Re:ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings by HaZeust on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @09:10PM (#44450592)
Well said. A few days ago I made a response to a comment in a thread, where I laid out a list of some aspects of American Culture [1]. And, 2 of the BIG ones in the Beliefs category were, "fundamental distrust in government and a shared collective identity in those against it, free-speech absolutism"

1 - https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=HaZeust#44411990

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Re:ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings by immibis on Thursday July 03, 2025 @12:50PM (#44456974)
Except they don't believe in free-speech absolutism. They say they do, but they obviously don't, because every time one of them gets in control of speech, they make it substantially less free.
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Re:ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings by HaZeust on Thursday July 03, 2025 @01:48PM (#44457512)
They don't believe in fundamental distrust of government either, they're a little more forgiving of interpretation and purpose of policy when they're in charge - nonetheless, these virtues are in the American zeitgeist for better or for worse.
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