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Man who played ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ protest song without permit cites UN rights treaty in court (hongkongfp.com)

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[-] socsa@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How can you possibly expect to have a robust conversation about the exact thing you want to discuss if you are not allowed to sing a song about it?

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I know that's how I usually have robust conversations about complex topics - singing. That's why they use song at sporting events and political rallies.

[-] socsa@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

So your argument is that you don't believe art is, or should be an appropriate vehicle for expressing, interpreting or otherwise engaging with complex socio-political issues? Did I do a eurocentrism again?

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_American_Civil_War

Do you really need to have this conversation right now? Are you ignorant of the deeply violent and oppressive history of the British? Do we need to rehash, yet again, how European fascism thrives and replicates quickly and broadly under conditions of liberal free speech?

https://www.cia.gov/static/598a62b34629a8120fb16d68e440aa15/Director_Burns_Aspen_Security_Forum_Transcript_07202023.pdf