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POISONED_WELLS

                                             July 21, 2021

   An entire generation has grown up in
   a world where the only people talking
   about "free speech" are whiney
   conservatives playing the victim card.      Pity the poor conservative
                                               outcasts, all they have on
   In many people's minds, free speech         their side is control of
   now means the freedom to tell racist        all branches of government
   jokes-- it's associated with sewers         more often than not.
   of insults and death threats.
                                               Which strangely, they often
                                               seem to manage even when not
   Very few people can imagine wanting         in the majority.
   to live without some form of speech
   codes.                                         Interesting democracy
                                                  we have here.

                     BURDEN_OF_SKIN


       I've yet to hear someone say
       "Free speech is toxic", but
       that expresses the tenor of             This appears to be something
       the times.                              that's been on my mind of
                                               late:

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