On Trump

[GO-NAD!]

To his face? Or a protest in the middle of town?

I could get into my king's face as easily as you could get into your president's. Regardless, I could certainly protest in a public space if I was so inclined. I live in a democracy after all...

 

[Dude#1279435]

Love the b&w analogy as if there are not varying degrees of kings. Trump I'd consider as Putin Lite.

 

[Mikado463]

You age any better?

much..........

 

[dlaloum]

It is sometimes worth reminding people, that there is no universal right to "Free Speech" - and the inclusion in the US constitution (and its amendments) is quite exceptional.

For the rest of the world, the right to hold opinions and express oneself is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and further elaborated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

However although many countries pay lip service to these, and are signatories, far fewer have actually ratified these into local national law... making them in many cases more symbolic than actual!

 

[dlaloum]

I could get into my king's face as easily as you could get into your president's. Regardless, I could certainly protest in a public space if I was so inclined. I live in a democracy after all...

There are plenty of democracies with no right to free speech, along with laws illegalising "seditious speech" being actually on the books in every country I am aware of!

There is no direct link between "democracy" and "freedom of speech"...

 

[lovinthehd]

There are plenty of democracies with no right to free speech, along with laws illegalising "seditious speech" being actually on the books in every country I am aware of!

There is no direct link between "democracy" and "freedom of speech"...

Name a few of those "democracies" with no right to free speech? OTOH there is nowhere a true democracy. If speech is limited, is it just the populace or is the dictator included?

 

[GO-NAD!]

There are plenty of democracies with no right to free speech, along with laws illegalising "seditious speech" being actually on the books in every country I am aware of!

There is no direct link between "democracy" and "freedom of speech"...

What's with the pedantry? Democracy is not a binary state, it exists on a sliding scale. The healthier the democracy is in any given society, the greater the respect will be for human rights - including freedom of speech. Any "democracy" that significantly curtails freedom of speech is a very much compromised/illiberal democracy.

I should mention, we actually don't have "freedom of speech" in Canada, we have "freedom of expression", which is actually broader than - and includes - freedom of speech.