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"Conservatives" clearly have no clue when it comes to the issue of free speech.

Free speech doesn't mean you can slander or defame anyone you don't like, and expect there to be no consequences. People you baselessly accuse of crimes, for example, will fight back, and it should be pointed out that there are defamation and libel laws, and they exist for a reason.
Free speech has never been without legal restraints. You can't scream there's a bomb on board a crowded aeroplane just for laughs; you will be arrested upon touchdown.
To all those whiny "conservatives" out there who like to grumble about restrictions being placed upon free speech, I simply say keep on crying, because I fully support such restrictions, and the next time you have the audacity, the sheer gall, to accuse someone you don't like of (for example) being in support of child abuse, consider yourself to be lucky if all you receive in return is a punch to the face.

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dale74 · M

And we do understand that Australia got rid of free speech a few years back when they did the gun buy back confiscation. And unfortunately you will never get free speech back.

BohemianBabe · M

@dale74

And we do understand that Australia got rid of free speech a few years back when they did the gun buy back confiscation

What does that have to do with free speech?

dale74 · M

@BohemianBabe Australia got rid of what we would consider our second amendment which is the right to bear arms. There are very few privately owned guns in Australia exceptions are normally farmers. Every country that buyback or confiscate civilian arms lose free speech it's just a matter of time.

Pambie · 22-25, F

@dale74 Oh for God's sake. What do the two issues (free speech, and the gun buy-back) have in common? Precisely nothing, that's what, because they're not connected in any conceivable way.
Why are Yanks so obsessed with guns?

dale74 · M

@Pambie ask me again in 20 years

Pambie · 22-25, F

@dale74 One other thing. Most of us (like about 98% of us) didn't even have a gun in the first place, so it made no difference to our lives at all.

dale74 · M

@Pambie all things are revealed within time " I would rather die on my feet than serve on my knees"

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

@dale74 its worse than that..
we have an american woman here who is head of the censorship department.

we cant even have a auzzie tell us to shut up.. a bloody left wing american cosied up to the socialist labor party..

she decides what offensive or not.. anything negative towards government policy is hate speech.

Pambie · 22-25, F

@dale74 Why 20 years? I'm asking now. The gun buy-back was in 1997 I think. That was almost 30 years ago now.

dale74 · M

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout what's bad is you have all of these citizens that don't study history and don't realize within 50 years of gun confiscation the country loses its rights of the citizens

BohemianBabe · M

@dale74

Every country that buyback or confiscate civilian arms lose free speech it's just a matter of time.

Can you give me some examples?

You know there's a pretty big difference between a buyback, which is voluntary, and a confiscation which is mandatory.

And guns are still legal in Australia, they're just more regulated than in America.

dale74 · M

@Pambie you will learn when you have no rights depending upon your age it may be your children and grandchildren that suffer

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

@dale74 guns were never really a big thing here any way.

theres only 30 million of us.

we wouldnt need guns to overthrow canberra :)

Pambie · 22-25, F

@dale74 I'm not serving anyone on my knees (and I just thought of a joke I could add here, but I'll allow others to fill in the blank).

dale74 · M

@Pambie you're smart enough to do a Google search and find out what they're saying means

dale74 · M

@Pambie here's a good simple answer for you did you get the covid 19 shot? And if so why?

Pambie · 22-25, F

@dale74 No, I didn't get the Covid19 shot. Why do you ask?

Pambie · 22-25, F

@dale74 I really have to address this properly.

Australia got rid of what we would consider our second amendment which is the right to bear arms.

First of all, only Yanks believe there is a "right" to have access to weapons that no one actually needs, unless it's a requirement for the job they do (ex. soldier, security guard, policeman, farmer).
You may have your "Second Amendment" over there in your country, but this doesn't apply anywhere else. No one else believes in this nonsense.
Secondly, the vast and overwhelming majority of Australians prior to the gun buy-back didn't have a gun. We just don't feel the need to own one. We're not so insecure, so afraid of our own shadows, like you people are.
I feel perfectly safe at home, and perfectly safe walking alone late at night. I'm not afraid of muggers. Hell, even our local police station is often closed, because the bored cops have nothing to do.

Elessar · 26-30, M

@dale74

Every country that buyback or confiscate civilian arms lose free speech it's just a matter of time.

Yours is the one and only one actively losing it in spite of having more guns than functioning brains lol