Good ol’ Tom over at Free Speech Backlash graciously sent along this powerful post about the state of free speech—or the lack thereof—in Great Britain and Europe.
American readers are likely aware of the rapid erosion of free speech in the nation that birthed the very concept, and it serves as an object lesson on the importance of the First Amendment, which has so far protected Americans from the worst excesses of government censorship. As Tom notes, though, paper guarantees are worthless if not supported for every American.
However, government censorship has rarely been the issue in the United States; rather, corporate censorship is what haunts free speech in the United States. The various attempts by the tech giants to censor free speech on their platforms in 2016, 2020, and 2024 indicate that the platforms that serve as our de facto public square are often restricted at the whims of the rich and powerful. Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter did much to restore free speech online, but even that is imperfect.
Further, American banks have the nasty habit of “debanking” account holders with unflatteringly Truth-based views. Many conservatives found their deposited funds inaccessible, or unable to accept payments through popular payment processors, because of publicly-voiced opinions that did not fit the globohomo narrative.
But, ultimately, we have the protection of the Constitution to criticize the government, even when the ostensibly private sector platforms for doing so are often censored. Great Britain and Europe at large lack that basic protection.
Tom links this destruction of free speech to the massive influx of Third Worlders. The two go hand-in-hand—if you need an imported slave class to a.) do all of your work for cheap and b.) make you feel good about yourself, you don’t want the native-born proles complaining. The solution—especially in a system like Britain’s where the party in power controls the executive and legislative functions simultaneously (usually) by default—is to make it illegal to criticize the massive influx of dusky hordes into your homeland.
That brings me to another point: why does Britain have a Home Secretary—or anyone in power—named Shabana Mahmood? It reminds me of this clip from The Simpsons:
But I digress. Here’s Tom with more:
The Portly Politico 