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>I've heard lot of Americans defending that line as if "freedom of speech" was literally an unconditional universal right given by God to the human race.

Freedom of speech is an unconditional universal right given by God to the human race. The government taking away your rights does not mean those rights do not intrinsically exist.

>It's illegal and punishable by law to be openly homophobic in France.

And Voltaire would be rolling in his grave.

parent ecshafer 5 years ago

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