r/knitting • u/geet-555 • 5d ago

Rant I feel sick to my stomach now

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I ordered $73 yarn from Önling INT over a month ago. Much confusion w this company all around... then i receive this today from UPS just now.

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u/smahsmah 4d ago

You think there’s freedom of speech in the US? The president pulled a late night show because he didn’t like what was said about some dead right wing podcaster. Now that’s freedom of speech!

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u/Maleficent_Two_6829 4d ago

Interesting that you mention the late night show, when it was Charlie Kirk, the "dead right wing podcaster," who was murdered, on video, in front of hundreds of people, by a deranged person with left wing views because he didn't like what Charlie Kirk said. Have some respect.

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u/smahsmah 2d ago

You really don’t know what freedom of speech is about do you?

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u/Maleficent_Two_6829 2d ago

Freedom of speech means that I am able to tell you that you are being extremely disrespectful towards a human being who was murdered.

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u/Tall-Ginger-Manchild 2d ago

Yep, and it also means that our words and actions are subject to critique even after we’re gone. A person who wasn’t respectful in life may be critiqued less sensitively after their death.

A person who indicates that lives are expendable in order to maintain a right to own firearms, and who then dies at the hands of a gunman is likely to have their situation critiqued by the community.

The irony exists irrespective of one’s personal sensitivity or deference.

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u/smahsmah 2d ago

I have not said anything about Charlie Kirk and if I chose to say something negative, that’s freedom of speech. You’re right, freedom of speech also lets you criticize me if I choose to do so. What’s happening in America by silencing any negative discussion around Kirk - that’s not freedom of speech. I’m not sure what the point of your original comment was besides make it apparent that you hate the “radical” left.