• Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    That’s almost like saying landing on the moon or Mars or the Sun are the same because the craft isn’t landing back on Earth. There is a heck of a lot of difference between a working commentator being held to account (in a country that doesn’t have the same free speech rules anyway for anyone) and holding a vacationer to the same when they are not earning an income from their comments and the country does say that political speech is free speech as a major component of their Constitution. I’m not sure if you are arguing that the US no longer has a Constitution that applies or that you ignorantly thought Australia had the same Constitution as the US.

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      8 hours ago

      That’s almost like saying landing on the moon or Mars or the Sun are the same because the craft isn’t landing back on Earth.

      Cool example, but that didn’t even make sense.

      There is a heck of a lot of difference between a working commentator being held to account (in a country that doesn’t have the same free speech rules anyway for anyone) and holding a vacationer to the same when they are not earning an income from their comments and the country does say that political speech is free speech as a major component of their Constitution.

      The US Constitution doesn’t apply to visa holders outside the US.

      I’m not sure if you are arguing that the US no longer has a Constitution that applies

      If you can quote me saying that, yes. Otherwise I don’t know why you even typed that.

      or that you ignorantly thought Australia had the same Constitution as the US.

      Never thought or said that. And like I said before, I actually support both decisions so I obviously think it’s legal under Australian law, as well as under US law.