Oemke is flat out wrong about a good many things, not the least of which is his asinine assertion that Americans did not have free speech until 1968.
Has this guy never heard of the first Amendment? Does he not know that the Bill of Rights precludes the Federal government from interfering with our God given right?
Does he not know that “free speech” to the left has always meant shouting down opposing viewpoints? And never more so than in Berkeley during the late 60s.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Many other odd misapprehensions are included. For instance his use of the term “leftist mainstream.” Never heard that before. Mayne he meant ‘leftist “mainstream”,’ in which case it would make sense.
But most egregious perhaps is the message that opponents of the left use speech for insults.
Well, Mr. Oemke how about this of your right to speak freely (even though it is false and insulting) “the country has elected a president who stands for racism and sexism.”
Jackass.
That’s one of the reason I posted this. It shows how some Jackass in Germany doesn’t know anything but will write about the U.S. anyway. It shows the mindset of a lot of Europeans. They don’t have free speech over there but they sure have a lot of muzzies.