Speaking freely is not so guaranteed and not so free. A little more than one year ago, President Barack Obama alluded to this in his speech at Nelson Mandela's Memorial Service. Beginning at approximately the 14:20 mark, President Obama said:
1. "Around the world today, men and women are still imprisoned for their political beliefs..." [America has over a million people on their “terror” watch list. This is not the behavior of the powerful, it is the behavior of the petrified.]
2. "There are too many leaders who claim solidarity with Madiba's struggle for freedom but do not tolerate dissent from their own people."
The above is from, Political Prisoners Of Democracy – The Angola Three In Louisiana
Also, let us not forget that many countries sanction other countries they disagree with. This creates hardship and harm for innocent people. This is violence. All because of different points of view. They also kill them outright directly and indirectly through fostering and funding local wars.
It is a certainty that France is a party to the sanctioning of many countries because most countries follow the head American domino. Ask Haiti who the terrorists are. Read the article and associated links referenced above and remember, that to some people, free speech means having weapons to back it up and stopping others from having free speech.
In America you have to get permission to protest against the government even though it is supposedly a guaranteed right of the First Amendment. When you do protest, with nothing but posters and voices, the police come out with all sorts of weapons as if they are in a war to the death. The police then violate rights and act aggressively and look for any excuse to unleash their terror on citizens exercising their right to free speech. This happens in many of the countries today some of us treat as good examples to emulate their way of life, thus their way of thinking and behavior. In our quest to survive we assist in our own demise.
These brief reminders are so Africans do not get caught up in discussions and decisions using the viewpoint of those who are working against freedoms worldwide and targeting the most melanated. They are killing innocent people who are simply trying to live. They are killing people quickly and slowly. Do not expect their media to tell you what you need to know.
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