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A Nigerian woman reviewed some tomato puree online. Now she faces jail (www.cnn.com)

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Freedom of speech is a cultural and institutional phenomenon, which happens to be mentioned by the US Bill of Rights.

It is not a term which refers to the US amendment, any more than “peaceably assemble” or “levy taxes” or “quartering of troops” are references to parts of the US Constitution.

[-] Senal@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

Did you mean to reply to me? Or the person above?

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Not intended as a retort

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