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		gdy on Nov 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun I don't think that the Bill of Rights, for example, was influenced by US culture. "the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament;" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689#Provisions...

lupire on Nov 4, 2022 [–]

That's a Safe Space for specific people, not Freedom of Speech as a general principle.

gdy on Nov 4, 2022 | [–]

I don't think that slaves in the US enjoyed free speech.

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