Posted on 03/22/2014 10:28:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Amid a growing crackdown on Chinese dissidents, the US First Lady tells an audience in Beijing that the "questioning and criticism" of political leaders is crucial
Freedom of information, expression and belief should be considered "universal rights", Michelle Obama, the US first lady, told students in China on Saturday.
Speaking at Peking University on the second full day of a weeklong, bridge-building family tour of the country, Mrs Obama said: "It is so important for information and ideas to flow freely over the internet and through the media."
"When it comes to expressing yourself freely, and worshipping as you choose, and having open access to information - we believe those are universal rights that are the birthright of every person on this planet," Mrs Obama told an audience of around 200 students.
"My husband and I are on the receiving end of plenty of questioning and criticism from our media and our fellow citizens, and it's not always easy.
"But I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Unless you are a Christian!
I’d laugh of they tossed her in jail for violating their laws
China to Wookie: You go home now!
Free speech is a right has long as you don’t say homosexuality is wrong.
Wow, that’s rich. “Universal” as in everywhere but the US.
“When it comes to expressing yourself freely, and worshipping as you choose, and having open access to information - we believe those are universal rights that are the birthright of every person on this planet,” Mrs Obama told an audience of around 200 students.
They do know that the mooch is lying her fat ass off.
The right to a search warrant is a universal right: Mooch supports the violation of this.
Yes you have the right to say anything you want as long as there is nobody there to listen or report it. ;-)
Was that a reference to kevin meenie?
Owner to the fat guy at the Chinese buffet:
Hey you, big boy. You go home now. You been here four hour!
Leftists always lie
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So true. After all this time, though, I am still amazed by the ease with which they tell their lies. Admittedly, although I try to avoid it, I can tell a white lie, but I could never pull off telling the kind of whoppers they throw out there.
At least, in that photo, Mooch is wearing an outfit that does not embarrass us too much. Her arms are actually covered — but the fit is off at the shoulders — and there is no chest belt visible.
Then, again, perhaps her black pants are the beginning of the introduction here in the US of the old Mao black outfits that everyone in China was once required to wear.
Headline in near future:
First Lady’s Latest Initiative Targets Wardrobe Inequality
Unless it’s “reactionary,” “counterrevolutionary,” or “hate speech.”
That is a microagression
It was a reference to John Pinnette. He did the routine that you quoted, and it has long been a classic.
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