Welcome to the US. You can say that kind of stuff here.
NO.
What you meant to say was,
"Welcome to the FreeRepublic. You can say that kind of stuff here."
In the US public education and mainstream media, you CAN'T say that kind of stuff here.
A Russian and an American (back in the 70-ies) discuss degree of freedom they enjoy in their respecive countries. The American says: we have a lot of freedom, I can come out into the street and say "President Carter is a fool". Big deal, says the Russian, I can do that too, I can come out into the street and say "President Carter is a fool".
So, you see, we could say stuff too back there and then. :-)